Lynne Schueler has made a habit of booking non-existent properties. It’s a strategy that gets her some fantastic deals—in exchange for taking on some risk and uncertainty.
Bocce may be more than 5,000 years old, but it’s getting new life as meeting activity. Most people think about bocce ball as a game for family picnics (if they think about it at all), but it’s being introduced to the event market by a new company...
The hallmarks of the air travel security system in the United States today—long lines, shoe removals, pat-downs, and so on—aren’t just an inconvenience, they’re also steering people away from air travel. In a new study of 1,000 people who had...
The meetings industry experienced an important moment of truth November 29 when Rod Cameron, director of programming and international development with the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC), addressed a facility operations...
Everyone talks about the return on investment of meetings and incentive programs, but what metrics are being measured to calculate success? Here’s what senior meetings industry executives are seeing.
The site-selection process has changed, with more players involved and new issues to consider. Five executives from independent meeting planning companies sum up the changes they’ve seen in the way corporate America decides where to hold meetings...
