Meeting Planning Toolbox

For one veteran meeting professional, standout exhibitors at IMEX America showcased products that improve marketing, enhance learning, and focus on sustainability.

A Maritz report forecasts expected cost increases for group-focused hotels, airfares, F&B, and wages for event staff. Here’s what to plan for.

In her role at BCD Meetings & Events, Hanzlik creates strategies for accommodating neurodiversity across the meeting experience for hundreds of clients. The winners are attendees as well as event hosts.

In less than 18 months with the Calgary Real Estate Board, Jennifer Hadley has revamped the logistics, agendas, and sponsorship programs for CREB’s big events. She’s also cleverly labeled her approach to driving change.

360 Live Media’s Beth Surmont, who co-founded the SocialOffset fundraising platform for events, discusses the power of optimism, taking control, and meeting planners’ on-site beast mode.

A recent global business-travel forecast details the factors affecting airfares as well as guest-room rates and costs for event elements at business hotels.

“I’ve embraced a mindset where change is not a one-time occurrence but a continuous cycle of improvement.”

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. A few key tips: Make F&B events value-added experiences and understand what “exclusive AV provider” really means.

Here’s how a veteran event organizer is using A.I. image generators to communicate her design concepts more quickly and accurately.