San Francisco Travel’s Joe D’Alessandro talks about his city’s tax-then-partner relationship with the home-share giant.

It’s not enough to just hope something awful won’t happen at your meeting—you have to prepare for every contingency.

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I've jumped on the make-your-speakers-diverse bandwagon a few times (most recently with this one, Is Your Panel on this Wall of Shame?), so I wasn't too surprised when the topic of speaker diversity came up during a livestreamed session at the 20...

Vegas is steaming, and we are adding venues, restaurants, and hotels by leaps and bounds. Our latest and hottest news is that Las Vegas will have a new National Hockey League team—and could a National Football League franchise be on the...

While having more qualifiers than expected for an incentive trip is great for a company’s sales reports, it can make a planner break into a cold sweat. That was the situation Lacey Hein, CMP, senior event marketing manager with travel and expense...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen sits down with Kim Rivielle, an activations agent, experience designer, and creative strategist who has spent the last decade...

The June 30 #Eventprofs Happy Hour, "Ask Me Anything About Event Production,” showcased more than just today's hottest AV and production trends. Led by Adrian Segar, participant-led-conferences advocate, author, and facilitator extraordinaire, an...

See that guy over there who’s talking intently at a cocktail round on the exhibit floor with a small group of attendees? His badge says he’s just another attendee, and he only paid the attendee registration fee, but he is a de facto exhibitor—a s...

Earlier this year, IACC (formerly the International Association of Conference Centres, now officially referred to by its acronym alone) surveyed meeting planners and interviewed other meeting professionals to create a report on the “IACC Meeting ...