A meetings industry panel at the Global Business Travel Association Convention this summer engaged an audience in a discussion of “the attendee journey of the future.&rdquo...
KiKi LâItalien, Amplified Growth, and Scott Oser, Scott Oser Associates, outside their session room at ASAEMeeting planners tend to be busy people. Make that very busy—but are you busier than you need to be? If so, the American Societ...
Heads up! Association planners should keep their eyesâand their contractsâon potentially disruptive developments that could put their meetings' viability at risk. Photo: Thinkstock by Getty ImagesWith associations typicall...
The process of collecting attendee names, hotels, and flight arrival data and passing that along to your ground transportation provider to schedule pickups seems straightforward. But if you’ve done it even once, you know it rarely is...
Meeting planners need more than a dollop of good sense to keep their attendees safe and satisfied at the banquet table. It takes a proactive approach to meal planning, making sure to understand and communicate participants’ needs and legal...
Theft is on the rise at meetingsâkeep your event safe.Here are three ways for meeting planners to make would-be thieves think twice about victimizing your booths, ballrooms, and breakout rooms:
1. Hire adequate security.
A secu...
There are two types of planners. The first type gets an assignment and decides on a series of logistical options to make the meeting happen. These planners fill an important function, and their work will always be needed. Every live...