The sculptured wooden elephant in Atrium I represents a beloved Thai talisman and a lovely backdrop for some Thai food during an art dinearound at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas
Try This: The Art of Dining at the Hilton Anatole
May 22, 2015
The sculptured wooden elephant in Atrium I represents a beloved Thai talisman, and a lovely backdrop for some Thai food.The Hilton Anatole, which is located in Dallas’ Design District and has close to 350,000 square feet of flexible meeting space...
3 Ways to Avoid Budget Envy
3 Ways to Avoid Budget Envy
May 22, 2015
Whenever I go to conferences and trade shows globally, I always notice a bit of “budget envy” that comes from those who plan small to mid-sized events. They marvel at the bells and whistles, all the features and functionalities, that larger meeti...
DMAI Partners With European Cities Marketing
DMAI Partners With European Cities Marketing
May 21, 2015
Christine “Shimo” Shimasaki, managing director of empowerMINT and Event Impact Calculator at DMAI, will join the ECM Summer School faculty as part of the deal.Global trade organization Destination Marketing Association International and European ...
Associations Outline How Government Restrictions on Meetings Are Hurting Science
May 21, 2015
The American Association for the Advancement of Science and 124 other organizations serving the scientific, technology, and engineering communities sent a letter to Congress in late April outlining the negative effects federal government restrict...
Time to Take a Survey of Your Survey
Time to Take a Survey of Your Survey
May 21, 2015
When it comes to designing an event survey, you need to know the desired outcome prior to taking action. This means asking stakeholders what information needs to be gleaned from the survey and how the results will be used. You also need to create...
Are Your Travel Risk Management Protocols in Place?
Are Your Travel Risk Management Protocols in Place?
May 19, 2015
When the Global Business Travel Association Foundation surveyed travel managers, security officers, and human resources managers about how their organizations keep business travelers safe, more than eight in 10 reported having a travel risk...
AOHC Planner Says Recent Baltimore Meeting Went Off Without a Hitch
AOHC Planner Says Recent Baltimore Meeting Went Off Without a Hitch
May 19, 2015
Rioting and a five-night curfew in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, who had sustained a spinal injury while in police custody, caused at least two meeting cancellations. However, meetings business has quickly returned to normal in t...
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New Bill Brings New Opportunities for Continuing Medical Education
May 19, 2015
The past month, Congress did something that one may consider amazing. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sat down and agreed to permanently fix the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR. Then both t...
Just for Fun: Life Advice from Cartoon Characters
Just for Fun: Life Advice from Cartoon Characters
May 18, 2015
Kids cartoons are silly and fun and perhaps a bit moralistic, but would you take advice from Rapunzel or the Lion King's Rafiki? I think I will. Check out this infographic of advice from our cartoon friends, as gathered by playground equipment co...
Is Your Panel on this Wall of Shame?
Is Your Panel on this Wall of Shame?
May 15, 2015
Image from Congrats! You Have an All-male PanelThe list of all-male panels on the Congrats! You Have an All-male Panel Tumblr is dishearteningly long, and the humiliation of being featured on it is only compounded by each being stamped with a thu...
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