Meeting Planning Toolbox

The hottest trends in accelerating conference networking are hosted-buyer and speed-networking experiences. These highly transactional interactions usually result in temporary feel-good moments. They rarely lead to trusting relationships or true...

Here are ideas planners are using now to get, and keep, the attention of their meeting participants before, during, and after the show.

Take advantage of every possible opportunity to really own your event, not just splash your logo around.

Better water, torched scallops, artisanal salts, and eight more ideas for creative and delicious meeting F&B

Positive Impact webinar introduces a new campaign to share and implement best sustainability practices in the events industry.  

A culinary trendologist translates today’s hottest F&B trends to the meeting and event scene.

Frameworks can be extremely helpful to conference professionals who are shifting their focus from planning and programming to designing attendee experiences. Several years ago, our team developed the EPIC framework—experiential...

Chef Thais Rodriguez was tapped by Marriott International to bring her vision of culture-to-table cuisine to Marriott properties worldwide.

Q&A with Chef Nicholas Calias, from Boston’s Colonnade Hotel: “If we can’t make banquet food as good as restaurant food, it doesn’t go on the menu.”