Karen Back Manager, Meetings and Travel American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Buffalo Grove, IL

Jim Spellos, president of Meeting U, explains how augmented reality

While many of the logistical challenges of the event-planning world change very little year-over-year, some key results from our

After living and working remotely in the French Alps for three months, I’ve returned just in time to enjoy the spring season at my home base in

David Dimmick Executive Director  New England Concrete Masonry Association Manchaug, Massachusetts  

Meeting and event audiovisual is one of those things as an attendee you often don’t notice until it blows you away—or blows up a meeting

Two essential skills that a person needs to succeed as a meeting planner are the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and being detail

Looking to next year, the American Express Meetings & Events 2014

Meetings and events attendees come from all walks of life, traveling from cities around the world to come together in one place, and sometimes, it

What’s up? Well, it may be one of the oldest smart-aleck retorts going, but the simple answer is, “prices.” Hotels and other

More CoverageMore Resources available at MeetingsFocus.com

Rock-bottom room rates, relaxed or non-existent attrition policies, plummeting attendance and slashed meeting budgets. Last year was an exercise in

More CoverageCase Study: Business Value Defined

Following two years of modest budget and activity increases, flat or slight declines in meetings spend per organization are expected

What does bleisure really mean for the future of meetings and events? We explore why this travel trend isn’t going away and how to select your

Arrive Conference Solutions' Alan Kleinfeld provides

Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin proposed eliminating the city’s support for its CVB by Dec. 31 to help balance the city’s budget.The city

Contracting audiovisual services is one of those areas of meeting planning that can be a mystery—and a potentially expensive mystery—for

The knowledge and duties of event service professionals (ESPs), aka convention service managers, is where the rubber meets the road in the meetings