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 ...

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...

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...

The word retreat literally means “to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.” There are many reasons why a staff team might hold a retreat; e.g., to avoid office chaos and distractions and...

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...

Planners are always on the lookout for fresh ideas. You could be reading this right now while taking a break from trying to figure out how, at long last, to orchestrate your awards dinner so it doesn’t bore the pants off half the audience. She...

The SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood of San Francisco is home to three hotels from leading meeting brands: Marriott, Starwood, and Four Seasons. Now the properties are working together—along with nearby event venues as well—to...