Safety and security should be—and should have already been—a major focus for planners.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews improv practitioners Bob Korin and Izzy Gessell.

There is a hotel negotiation in your future.

There is no one-size-fits-all site selection checklist.

Sometimes what you don't say says a lot.

Meetings Focus gathered some key insights from negotiators far and wide.

Robyn Mietkiewicz, an expert on meetings negotiation, tells planners how to get the best deals and contract terms for better Strategic Meetings Management (SMM).

The meek may be set for a pretty sweet inheritance, but they won’t get very far with hotel negotiations.

Meetings industry lawyer Joshua Grimes answers planner questions regarding meeting contract and negotiation issues.

The preferences of Millennials are changing contract obligation risks for meetings and conventions.