Recreational use of marijuana is already legal in several U.S. states, including Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska. And according to industry watchers, event meccas including California, Nevada, and New York could be next...
The GBTA Foundation—the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association—has released a major update to its Travel Risk Management Maturity Model self-assessment tool, known as TRM3. In addition to assessing nine travel risk c...
How to recover the value-added tax, or VAT, paid on international meetings
You could lop a day off your incentive travel program to save some money. Or you could reach out to your supplier partners, share your priorities, and see what they can offer to add value to your program.
The newly released 2015 SITE Index rep...
Practical ways to make your meetings healthier while still meeting attendee expectations—and your budget.
For Pharma Forum 2016, we conducted original research that would be revealed at the conference, on a topic that drives both life sciences planners and their hotelier partners mad—meal caps. While food and beverage budgets are a challenge for...
For the newcomer's orientation at Pharma Forum 2016, we adapted a childhood favorite—MadLibs—to help kick off some networking. Here are the MadLibs we came up with: One is about traveling to the conference, one about celebrities...
Just say this: “Yes, my dates are flexible.” Because of course Hotel X wants your meeting! But it doesn’t love that pattern of yours. Would you consider a Sunday arrival...
Pharma Forum 2016 brought 823 pharmaceutical and third-party meeting managers, hoteliers, and other suppliers to New York City, with an agenda that dove deeply into the intricacies of managing meetings in a highly regulated environment. The 12th...
