Meeting Planning Toolbox

With costs moving stubbornly higher, meeting planners must be proactive and creative to stay within their F&B budget. A panel of planning veterans at the IMEX America show shared their strategies and tactics.

Hubli, an online-booking system for simple meetings, now has a tool that venues can use to display available meeting space in real time.

Buckwheat, celeriac, and Pop Rocks are among the ingredients that restaurant chefs are leaning into for their savory dishes in 2024, according to Af&co., which released its 16th annual Hospitality Trends Report.

Three industry veterans share their advice on crafting contract terms and clauses that meet the needs of host groups, not just host venues.

More than 64,000 H-2B non-immigrant visas will be added to the original number allowed, to ease labor shortages such as the one facing hotels.

About half of respondents know how A.I. can assist with event planning, but only a small percentage have incorporated it “extensively” into their processes while some others have dabbled.

Margaret Launzel-Pennes is using A.I tools for meeting marketing, promotion, and sponsorship. Here’s how she does it.

The new meetings-industry A.I. engine is impressive, but planners need to understand how best to use its contracts section and how human expertise is still required.