Medical meetings are being disrupted more than any other sector we work with. While the profession is thriving, scientific meetings and healthcare professional conferences aren’t performing nearly as well as they did five to ten years ago. Thr...

It’s always been the event professional’s job to ensure an event goes off without a hitch. But sometimes, despite your best intentions, something goes wrong. The difference between now and the past, however, is that when an executive spouts the w...

How one association struggled with whether or not to cancel its convention and expo when disaster struck.

Have you ever wondered if your convention center has an emergency Epi-Pen—and someone who knows how to use it? Or where to find the all-night pharmacy that’s closest to your host hotel? The Event Services Professionals Association recently lau...

IMEX America is readying its #IMEXpitch competition, in which event technology startups showcase their products to meeting professionals in a live, head-to-head battle of five-minute pitches...

Event planners and conference hosts all share the same concern: “Will attendees find this event helpful and useful?” You need to get the right people to your events to help both your clients and your attendees achieve their meeting objectives. Th...

Just imagine what it must have been like to deal with the press at this summer’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions. There were public relations teams helping with everything from booking surrogates for interviews to passing out speec...

Are you interested in ensuring that women have what they need to advance their careers in all facets of the meetings and events industry? That's what the Association for Women in Events, also known as AWE, is looking for in its call for applicati...

WomenInTravel (WINiT), a nonprofit organization driving change and providing support for the career development, visibility, and mobility of women in the travel, meeting, event, and exhibition industries, holds its 2016 Annual Summit November 12...

Herb N' Kitchen, the grab-and-go outlet at the Hilton New York MidtownIt’s been three years since the Hilton New York Midtown closed down room service and opened up Herb N’ Kitchen, a grab-and-go store/cafeteria/restaurant with both packaged and ...