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It seems contradictory that meeting management is both one of the most stressful jobs and one of the most rewarding business positions—how can that be possible? I mean, stress is not a good thing, right? It turns out that, in fact, episodic stre...

Oh that Internet! It's been disrupting everything from journalism to bookstores to travel agents, so it shouldn't be surprising that new person-to-person housing agencies like Airbnb and even smaller sites like Flipkey (and about 99 more similar ...

Laura Saeger, CMP, CMM, manager, meeting and convention Sales North America with South African Tourism, was in the country when Nelson Mandela passed away. Here are some of her first-person observations. Flowers adorn Nelson Mandela Square in Jo...

The first meeting-trends-prediction lists are starting to trickle in (I expect they'll become a deluge before the end of the year), and I can only hope that some of these actually will come true. For example, Crowne Plaza hotels' Crowne meetings...

Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands when it hit the Philippines in late November, flattening entire communities and disrupting untold numbers of lives and businesses in six Philippine islands. It was, and will be for some time, devastating to those w...

The Wristy thermoelectric braceletWhat's the number one complaint heard by most meeting planners while on site? I'm guessing it might well be that the room is too hot or too cold—or probably both at the same time, according to different attendees...