Randal Savage, corporate director, rooms, at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, White Plains, N.Y., has seen and heard it all. Empty hotel rooms with the lights on, the television blaring, and on some occasions, the shower running...
Concern about the environment and a realization that going green makes good business sense are driving a robust trend toward green meetings. These points resonated at Financial & Insurance Conference Planners webinar — “Green Meetings: Call to...
A decade ago, it was only trailblazers who were even thinking about global meetings consolidation. Today, it's right up there with return on investment and compliance as a hot-button issue for pharmaceutical meeting planners. As with U.S. meetings...
Many hotel and convention center contract provisions can be difficult to understand, even for an experienced meeting planner, but the most confusing language is generally found under the heading “indemnification” or “hold harmless.” ...
The key for planners looking to get a return on investment from hotel food and beverage is to work closely with the conference services manager and turn in complete banquet event orders. This was the advice given during a packed breakout session...
