Well, maybe not a steal! And yet, of the major U.S. metropolitan areas covered in the 2016 Global Business Travel Price Outlook, just released by the Global Business Travel Association Foundation and Carlson Wagonlit Travel, New York has the...

Last week I was in the second largest city in the European Union, Berlin, Germany. Berlin is about as historic and vibrant a city as one could ever hope to visit, and surprisingly affordable. More than one-third of the city is covered in parks an...

“How do we reconcile the need to serve all corners of the globe, to help boost development, and to support sustainable tourism, whilst also taking care to reduce CO2 emissions?” asked Tony Tyler, director general and CEO, International...

A group of tourism specialists with long experience in marketing, lobbying, research, training, and more have formed a consortium called Primapact to promote and advocate for the travel and tourism industry along with related economic sectors...

Expert advice for managing risk at meetings outside the U.S.

What planners of international meetings need to know about currency, VAT, and visas

Building budgets is a difficult exercise in our industry: for events teams, procurement, or finance stakeholders in charge of business events spend. Likewise it is also a difficult exercise for convention centers, hotel chains, and meetings and...

8 lessons for managing risk when selecting a meeting destination outside the U.S.

A new study from the Incentive Research Foundation explores the value proposition of destination management companies in today’s changing marketplace.

Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt being interviewed by one of those pesky women, Paloma Baytelman, who shared this photo on Flickr.While making sincere efforts to do away with all-male panels is a start (and kudos to The Event Manager Blog Founder Julius S...