It’s not enough to just approve the use of virtual meetings. Top companies are defining their virtual meeting strategy by researching their needs and technology options, designing a plan, educating their meeting managers and meeting owners...

If there’s one thing legislators like, it’s data. Now the Meetings Mean Business coalition and the U.S. Travel Association have a new batch of data to bring to Capitol Hill on behalf of government meetings, which remain stuck in a trough. Sequ...

How much (electronic) ink have I spilled holding forth about savings and compliance being the rationales for the establishment of a meetings management program? Too much to quantify! But was I right? Well, at the time I wrote all those articles...

EVENTup, an online database of more than 10,000 event venues in the U.S., has launched EVENTup Curated Experiences, a collection of packaged corporate events at venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. Events will continue to be...

Left to right: Conference Chairman Michael Mahoney, Genentech; Tahira Endean, QuickMobile; James Vachon, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International; Amanda Batstone, CBI; Ryan Mazor, Educational Measures; Betsy Bair, MeetingsNetGenetech's Michael Mahon...

The opening session at the 2015 Pharma Forum conference, being held this week at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, Md., is taking a different tack from past years’ openers. Instead of focusing on the latest in rules and regulations...

From birth to our first formal education experience in pre-school or kindergarten, we learn mostly through observation, exploration, and experience. We watch our parents and siblings and learn how (or how not) to do something. We explore, using...

The One World Observatory—1,250 feet above street level in the One World Trade Center building—is set to open this spring with three floors of restaurants, retail, information, and truly incredible views of Manhattan and beyond. For meetings a...