What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
Several things happened after the Federal Communications Commission fined Marriott International $600,000 in October 2014 for blocking attendees' personal Wi-Fi devices in the meeting space at Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville...
We write a lot about meetings and sustainability—and I do mean a lot! From where to find green venues to benchmarking green practices to reporting on 20 totally doable ideas to make events greener and kinder, MeetingsNet is a big supporter of eve...
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During this week’s featured podcast, Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McCallen speaks with Tahira Endean, who currently works as a producer for BC Tech Summit.
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Courtney Morrow, social media manager, Hilton AnatoleDuring IMEX this year, I heard a lot of cool property stories. One that seemed pretty unique was about the 1,606-room Hilton Anatole Hotel, which is near downtown Dallas. Not only do they offer...
Dan ColeEditor's note: Today’s guest post is by Dan Cole, senior vice president, trade shows and exhibits, with Hargrove.
Annual meetings can be costly for organizations. Themes change, logos change, and, no matter where you go, you need new d...
During a road show in early December, Diane Anderson, regional director, northeast, for NYC & Company, traveled with some New York City hotel representatives to introduce meeting planners to new developments and offer some tips for booking a...
Many conference organizers provide potential attendees with templates and tools designed to convince the boss to approve their participation. These are cost/benefit tools with boilerplate copy. Quantifying the expense side is straightforward. The...
One reason hotel executive Michael Dominguez is so popular as a meetings industry speaker is that no matter how fast he talks (and it’s pretty fast), he never loses his audience, even as he synthesizes large amounts of data and translates...
PPlanning a daylong hybrid meeting that includes live interaction with more than 600 participants in 80 countries is not for the faint of heart. But Pat Ahaesy, CMP, CSEP, president and partner of Manhattan-based P&V Enterprises, a certified woma...
In sales, you’re only as good as your last sale. In meeting planning, you’re only as good as your last meeting. Or so it seems. There is immense pressure to deliver more, better, faster, and with less...
