The path forward is often paved by lessons learned from the past. As meetings and events industry professionals work to navigate through the pandemic

Editor's note: This article, provided by the Event Leadership Institute, was part of an eHandbook collaboration between Meetings Today and ELI.

Wondering what the hottest trends are for conference center events? Meetings Focus reached out to some of the most informed folks in the field, and

Going by indicators such as a confident stock market, corporate liquidity, positive lending environment and carryover of 2016’s record year for

I reached out to a whole bunch of people I’ve known well and a little through my many years. Some of them have familiar faces and names;

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center has capped off a two-year, $22 million renovation with the completion of Tangent at Westin,

Omni Hotels appointed Kris Singleton as the brand's new chief information officer. In this role, she will oversee enterprise-wide IT vision, creating

While serving as tourism director for Montreux, Switzerland, in 1964, Raymond Jaussi had a bright idea.Montreux, nestled within steep hills at the

New insights into innovation, "white space culture" and purposeful meetings are among the themes IMEX has outlined for its education program at

The long-awaited expansion and modernization of the L.A. Convention Center (LACC) took a major step toward fruition via a vote by the Los Angeles

Experient, a meetings management firm, and StarCite, a web-based meetings technology provider, teamed up to offer MeetingsComplete, a service and

The old adage of “the more things change, the more things stay the same” applies to a handful of industries, and the meeting/event planning business

There has been wide distribution of the newest generation of smart phones such as iPhones, Blackberries, Treos and all the others, along with a vast

CLEVELAND, OhioNoble Investment Group ("Noble") recently acquired four Residence Inn by Marriott hotels within the greater Cleveland, Ohio, metro

Are You Ready to Rock?!? Yes, I know, it’s a redundant question, gentle reader, but we’re cranking up the amps to

When planners can’t go on-site to review and analyze a prospective venue for a meeting or event, it’s imperative to use a combination of

Meetings, like the world around them, are changing at warp speed, and keeping up on the latest trends is imperative for planners wishing to cater to

Marriott and PCMA assembled a group of experts from various fields—not necessarily within the meetings industry—to discuss their thoughts

The National Conference Center has unveiled five secrets to knock the socks off your meeting attendees.  According to Eric Whitson, director of

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