Meeting Planning Toolbox

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Plus some big-picture ideas to rein in costs.

On the same day IBTM World detailed its educational agenda for the late-November show, the host facility promoted its renewable-energy production and emissions savings in ways meeting planners can use.

With major airlines’ daily flight volumes shifting to better accommodate leisure travelers, some meetings might benefit from a change in schedule.

How the aches and pains of effectively planning events in 2022 parallel another complex problem—plus some tactics for easing the strain

The longtime Cincinnati CVB executive takes the reins at the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2023.

Date, theme, leaders, and resources are lining up for next year’s Global Meetings Industry Day. Mark your calendars.

With less than three weeks to adapt, planner Katie Wegerski had to make fast decisions about BHG Financial’s big customer event in Naples. But in the end, both her attendees and her executives were happy.

Engagement, work-life balance, risk management: new and recently updated volumes to improve your knowledge and provide new perspective on our evolving industry.

At the U.N.’s COP27 conference in mid-November, the initiative will present a roadmap for event sustainability and launch phase three, which dives into best practices in eight areas.