Getting your arms around meetings spend is one of the most challenging aspects of developing a strategic meetings management program. Spend is typically decentralized and rarely falls into a consistent “meetings and events” line item in the...
In March, Corporate Meetings & Incentives launched the 20 Changemakers project. We reached out to the editors of Financial & Insurance Meetings and Medical Meetings (our sister MeetingsNet magazines), a focus group of high-profile meeting...
Less than four hours by air from major hubs such as Houston, Miami, Atlanta, and Dallas, Panama is experiencing major growth and landing squarely on the meeting map. Panama City has a largely bilingual population, comprises the world's second...
European countries are more formal than the U.S. in the use of titles and surnames, and they should always be used. Business cards are frequently treated with much greater respect than is common in the U.S. One should read it, and not write on...
All items translated into Chinese should be in “Reformed Chinese.” (This does not apply to Taiwan, where Mandarin is used.) Touch is disliked, but Chinese will stand closer than Westerners in speaking. Keep hand gestures to a minimum. Silence...