Best thing you ever got in a hotel negotiation? Craziest request you ever heard? Take a look at this major company’s list of 45 potential concessions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Media and Events talks with Stewart Hall, the creator of Rock the Stars, a company that uses the power of music to boost team performance a...

When I traveled to South America for the first time in my professional career last year, I realized just how powerful language is. Unlike in much of Europe and the Carribbean, where many know English as a second language, I found that even though...

What did participants at this year's Pharma Forum, taking place this week at the Marriott Marquis in New York, see when they entered the general session ballroom that made their eyes widen? Just this: I don't know if you can see all the wa...

Everyone knows the U.S. hotel industry is on fire, setting records in every metric in 2015. In his regular presentations at conferences around the country, Michael Dominguez, chief sales officer at MGM Resorts International, reviews those stats...

Everyone knows the U.S. hotel industry is on fire, setting records in every metric in 2015. In his regular presentations at conferences around the country, Michael Dominguez, chief sales officer at MGM Resorts International, reviews those stats...

You may have heard about the incident at this month’s South by Southwest festival in which a woman was asked to remove her hijab at registration in order to get her photo ID taken. This happened to Ibtihaj Muhammad, a U.S. Olympic fencer, the ...

Last month I started a series on what pharmaceutical companies and hoteliers need from each other with respect to meetings and conventions. My first article addressed meals caps and how they have not been raised by most pharmaceutical companies i...

Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen talks with Jaime Smith. Jaime joined audiovisual company Bartha's development team in July 2012, where she serves as the director of national business development. She focuses on developing new busi...

For years now, planners and hoteliers have been working out how to provide and pay for the ever-increasing bandwidth consumed by meeting attendees. With experience and knowledge building on both sides, things are getting a little easier. Here is...