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

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Hotel Site Inspection Checklist

When considering hosting your next meeting or event at a hotel property, it’s imperative you conduct an in-person site inspection, if possible.

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Where to Meet Outside in East Tennessee

The major markets in East Tennessee have in a lot in common, but two items that are relevant to meeting planners include easy accessibility with

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Research Shows: The Important of Face-to Face Meetings

If you attended IMEX Frankfurt last year, you may have participated in a study taking place on the exhibition floor, where you and a partner were

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Why Convention Service Managers Deserve Our Respect

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

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Religious Meetings

Growth sectors in the meetings market may be hard to come by these days, but among those counting good numbers are religious meetings. Sales managers

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Howard Givner

After running a meetings and events company for 20 years, Howard Givner developed a keen eye for the trials planners at all levels face.“The

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Etch Your Attendees’ Faces on Cookies With the Edible Selfie Booth

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

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Big Dollar Investments Energize Second-Tier Destinations in Central and West Texas

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

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WOW! Las Vegas

One of the oldest of cliches is that "The show must go on," but in Las Vegas, the shows go on, and on and on…A destination that unabashedly

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Impress your foodie attendees

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Your Risk Management Playbook

Aired March 27, 2019 Presented by Brenda Rivers 

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Cvent Names Top Meetings Destinations for 2018

Cvent released its annual lists of the top cities for meetings and events worldwide. Three new regions were highlighted this year: Caribbean and

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Radisson Debuts New Brand in Belgium

BRUSSELSThe Radisson RED Brussels debuted as the first Radisson RED hotel in the

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Give Yourself Permission to Take a Leap of Faith

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

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Experience, Innovation and Culture Make New Orleans Built To Host

New Orleans offers a unique brand of hospitality. From intimate, specialized meetings to large, complex events, New Orleans is a premier destination

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Seattle Convention Center to Officially Open Summit Jan. 25

Built with the intent of sustainability and maximized efficiency, the opening of Seattle Convention Center (SCC) Summit, scheduled for Jan. 25, will

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Seattle Convention Center Summit Building

Don’t Forget These 9 F&B Priorities as We Resume In-Person Meetings

As we begin to host in-person meetings again, what do we need to remember, relearn—and maybe re-invent—about

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New international hotel and resort openings (March 2014)

Bali The Chedi Sakala resort

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