Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCEI recently had a chance to e-chat about conference centers with Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCE, the director of catering and conference services at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center. Here’s ...

Full disclosure: I am not an emoji person. When I get a text that’s all         I just don’t get what they add to the message. Sometimes I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what exactly the person meant by that unicorn/t...

I’ve never been a great sleeper—I’m a night owl living in a early-bird world, and I don’t even like worms! And it’s even more difficult to get good sleep while traveling, and even more difficult yet when at a conference. I can only imagine how ex...

You know your meeting’s attendees. You even love them—well OK, some of them. But are you unintentionally doing them a disservice? As a frequent meeting-goer, here are some traps I see planners fall into all too often. But they don't have to! 1...

Today's guest post is by Mark Kao, department manager for COS Group, and head of COS Rental. This is the second in a three-part series on successful strategies for using Instagram for events...

Planning meetings and events outside the U.S. can be exciting—but it also can be stressful. In addition to language, time zones, contracting, and VAT issues, meeting professionals, like everyone else who travels to foreign lands, also have to ada...

Oh say can you see ... the strength of the meetings industry? OK, hopefully others will come up with way better lyrics on February 25 when the teambuilding and corporate entertainment outfit SongDivision is gathering #EventProfs for a 15-minu...

Today's guest post is by Mark Kao, regional sales manager for Shure UK and former head of COS Rental...

J Ocana, President, COO, and Co-founder of Reaction Audio VisualToday's guest post is by J Ocana, president, COO, and co-founder of Reaction Audio Visual. Staying within budget is always a major concern for meeting and event planners. Take ev...

Every day is a bad hair day when you're on a boat!As I watch the snow hurl itself from the skies to pile up on the sills of my home office windows, it’s hard to imagine that this time last week I was lounging on the trampoline of a 38-foot catama...