Forget the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Thanks to Destination Marketing Association International’s empowerMINT.com, meeting planners now have a contest of their own: the March Meeting Planner Madness tournament.
“Being a meeting profes...
Meet CJ, one of the St. Bernard Rescue Foundation rescue dogs currently looking for a home in Texas.As much as I love the puppy-cuddling stations Meeting Professionals International has been including in its World Education Congresses in recent y...
Image: tomcensani, FlickrLocally sourced food and beverage at events is all the rage, but that's usually referring to ingredients, not the dishes as a whole. Most regions have their own, sometimes quirky food specialties that could be a highlight...
From a never-been-done-before concert outside Washington, D.C.’s Carnegie Library to a transportation puzzle that required 470 buses, the Association of Destination Management Executives International honored outstanding creativity and innovation...
A meeting planner’s site inspection is a hotel’s chance to show off its service, staff, facilities, responsiveness—or, as in our collection of stories here, a chance for a property to shoot itself in the foot. Have you experienced any of these...
"Frankly, I think the site visit is the most important part of the game plan for a successful program," says one longtime corporate meeting professional. In fact, it can make or break a hotel's prospects for booking a meeting, as we found out...
A meeting may be one hour, one day, one weekend, or an entire week—but each is a forum for leading change. No company executive ever says, “Let’s have a meeting to remain status quo.”
Meetings of the future will do five things in a new way:
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