The Meetings Mean Business Coalition, which began as a U.S.–based, cross-industry communications and advocacy initiative to promote the economic value of the meetings industry, has signed a licensing agreement on a platform that industry...
Requests for proposal, a vestige of the old economy, have been used for decades to secure event space. For those of you who haven’t had the joy of dealing with RFPs, this is how it works: Event hosts fill out a lengthy form encapsulating their me...
Credit: MacXever on Thinkstock by Getty ImagesWhile conferences held by non-governmental organizations recently got a reprieve from the four-year-old crackdown on government employees’ participation in their conferences, those whose content cente...
How to navigate nine crucial areas when planning an international event, with Carol McGury, MPS, executive VP for event and education services at SmithBucklin, Chicago, and Agnès Canonica, CMP, CMM, HMCC, global director, strategic meetings...
IMEX America 2016, held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian in Las Vegas October 11–13, drew 3,250 exhibitors and more-than 3,000 hosted buyers to partake in one-on-one appointments, networking, learning, and a whole lot...
Thanks to the folks at Medway, a travel agency based in Kent, U.K., for this smorgasbord of international airline food. While the Cantonese dumplings on Cathy Pacific's meal look intriguing, we'll take the dessert on the Qantas flight any day of...
The Bath Pavilion, one of the venues available for rent through BetterVenues.comIt may still be sunny outside, but the holiday season is just around the corner. For event professionals, now’s the time we start to look at our budgets and dive into...
On September 8, the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (designated by UNESCO in 1966), Rosewood Hotel Group announced its partnership with Room to Read, a global organization that aims to transform lives in low-income countries by foc...
