F&B Trends With Tracy Stuckrath

When it comes to predicting the next big thing in event F&B, planners nor suppliers have a crystal ball, especially following two years in a

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Food and Beverage

The Alignment Conversation: Tools to Help You Align DEI Investments to Business Needs

Leaders often ask their teams to "make the business case for diversity" without fully grasping the concept. Even with data to support the investment

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Diversity

Site Selection & Inspection: Rethinking the Basics

What we must know now to select appropriate destinations and sites for meetings continues to change. From 2020 on, meetings were impacted by COVID

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Site Selection

How to Repurpose Event Content to Build Communities, Generate Leads and Enhance Revenue

Building a content engine to support your event’s community growth requires more than a single technology tool. It requires a multi-pronged, online

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Technology

Strategic Negotiating Fundamentals 

Contracts are always under scrutiny, and perhaps more so as we hopefully exit the COVID-19 era, so it’s more important than ever to be proactive in

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Negotiating

SuperReal Brings Projection Mapping Technology to Iconic NYC Venue

As you can see by the below photo by Michael Jurick Photography, I think I own the place. Dare to dream! First, how cool would that be? My name would

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Event at Cipriani 25 Broadway during SuperReal experience

How Meetings and Events at MGM Resorts Can Help Your Organization Make a Difference

How do you measure the success of a meeting or conference? Maybe it’s through attendance numbers, certain levels of engagement or business conducted

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Bellagio Exterior

A Meetings Cost-Saving Primer

With minimal budget increases year over year, and hotel fees and surcharges increasing exponentially, meeting professionals are tasked to do “more

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fees

RFP and Contract Language to Keep Your AV Options Open

If not careful, meeting planners can lose their freedom to choose their AV provider as soon as they sign a venue contract. And with

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Man working audiovisual equipment for a hybrid meeting.

Chicago Hotel Brings Street Art Inside Every Guest Room

Stay up to date on the latest venue openings and property renovations, including these found in the Midwest. Illinois  One of

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Want Your Offsite Reception Hosted? Corpus Christi Has You Covered

Corpus Christi is promoting a Coast Your Own Way Meetings Offer that features the hosting of an opening or closing reception at one of six of the

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American Bank Center Arena.

Discover the Value of Working With Visit Orlando

Now more than ever, meeting and event planners are increasingly relying on destination marketing organizations (DMOs) like Visit Orlando. A recent

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Orlando at night

3 New Sports Venues for Your Next Special Offsite Event

When it comes to offsite venues, facilities like baseball fields and football stadiums always impress. Whether it’s a special event in a club suite

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Graduation event at Globe Life Field

How Atlantic City’s Entertainment Scene Boosts Its Allure for Meetings

Barry Manilow and the Beach Boys. Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers. Liberace and Luciano Pavarotti. The Rat Pack and the Rolling Stones. The Who and

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KISS performing at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena

Destination Marketing Is Undergoing a Radical Shift—Here’s How

The pandemic has accelerated forces already in motion that will transform the way DMOs collaborate with and impact the communities they serve.

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People traveling for a convention.

Corpus Christi's Reception Hosting Offer, and More

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson discussed Visit Corpus Christi's meetings offer in which the destination will host an opening or closing reception in

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Marriott CRN Chefs Share Recipes You Can Try on Thanksgiving

The holidays are upon us, and, of course, that means tons and tons of glorious food! To get everyone in a proper, “feast-ive” mood, Meetings Today

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Marriott Settles Resort Fees Lawsuit. What Does It Mean for Meetings?

Global hotel giant Marriott International settled a major resort fees “drip pricing” lawsuit with the Pennsylvania attorney general Nov. 17 that will

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Virginia’s Loudoun County Offers Myriad Meetings Options

Loudoun County, Virginia, is one of those meetings destinations that’s a bit of an enigma; a bucolic horse country with a burgeoning winery scene

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Stone Tower Winery, Leesburg, Virginia.

Need a Meeting Planning Stress-Buster? Tap Into an Event Service Prof

Tina Lynn Mercardo knows how to reduce stress on the job.  As a meeting planner for NAFA Fleet Management Association, she makes sure to

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Photo of a busy convention.