Jo Licata, community projects manager with the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, shares some actionable tips for planners looking to add a

As a modern leader faced with plenty of other concerns competing for your time and attention, why should you care about building your emotional

We can plan ahead, but we can’t predict the future. After realizing that women in the events industry hold massive buying power but don’t always get

MPI unveiled five credentialing initiatives to increase hospitality standards in the meetings and events world, including several aimed at higher

C.J. Bader Gulf Coast Destinations, Inc. Sarasota, Fla.  Do you find that your booking window is increasing or shrinking recently? Are you

It’s disappointed me for years that those in convention services—or event services as it is often now called—are not appreciated by

We received responses from nearly 700 meeting planners during the survey last October, which provides for a very valid sample size. Thanks to all

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.TJM Atlantic City has announced the purchase of The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Plans for an official Grand Opening are

Delicate little macarons paired with lasers powerful enough to burn through metal—set to “selfie” mode, of course—what’

Celebrating its fourth year, IMEX America officially kicked off last week at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. The conference was high-energy and

Surging hotel and venue development, including new convention centers opening in Midland and Odessa (see Convention Center Central, page 8) is

In Monaco, every gathering is a rendezvous with grace, elegance and luxury. Here are some select tickets to making champagne wishes and caviar dreams

The Spa at JW Chicago, located inside JW Marriott

Gaming resorts are having a banner year, with openings throughout the U.S. greeting “action” aficionados and meetings and events groups alike.

The team behind Dr. Michael Breus, Ph.D., founder of TheSleepDoctor.com, recently released

Game On! The sixth annual Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) Sustainable Meetings Conference, which drew over 300 participants, including 60

Welcome to the 2011 Meetings Market Trends Survey.We received responses from nearly 700 meeting planners during the survey last October, which

With some 950 land-based and riverboat casinos in 40 states, tribal properties included, people can gamble virtually anywhere in the U.S. That’

As The Meritage Resort and Spa in the Napa Valley prepares to open its 131,000-square-foot expansion in spring 2012, it has hired a new regional

Destination Dispatch The new Dream Racing program at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway allows participants