Opening keynote speaker and author Tom Koulopoulos made an impassioned plea for the need to break through old patterns of thought.Waiting for my flight yesterday morning at Boston’s Logan airport, I was kind of dreading going to my first Financia...
Meeting planners are accustomed to talking about “front of house” and “back of house” staff at the hotels and resorts they book for meetings and incentives. But how many refer to “the heart of the house” when...
Working for a company with the tagline “Extraordinary Experiences for Good” prompts vibrant discussions about meaningful work. We all spend a lot of time at our jobs and some of us have been fortunate over the course of a career to...
Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged to become BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company with a new corporate identity and three distinct hotel collections. The combined portfolio includes more than...
The Bath Pavilion, one of the venues available for rent through BetterVenues.comIt may still be sunny outside, but the holiday season is just around the corner. For event professionals, now’s the time we start to look at our budgets and dive into...
Advito has released its 2017 Industry Forecast, and on just about every page is a note about the difficulty of projecting business travel and meeting demand because of uncertainty surrounding the U.S. presidential election. The report acknowledges...
The Atlantis, Paradise Island, resort in The Bahamas has launched phase one of a $20 million transformation at what is currently known as the Coral Towers. Once all renovations are complete, the 694-room hotel will reopen as The Corals...
Aiming to make measurement of a meeting’s return on investment both more simple and more powerful, event management software provider etouches today launched event ROI. The new tool offers a continuous check-in on a number of measures related to ...
Thirty-three meeting execs attended The Ritz-Carlton Insurance Advisory Council in Grand Cayman August 8–11 for a busy few days of education and networking. With 375 rooms, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, sits like a palatial grande...
MeetingsNet recently caught up with Diane Tighe, director of catering and conference services at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C., to talk about food trends and how planners can make the most of...
