As the new year begins, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence is celebrating the industry’s recovery at the same time it commits to addressing an issue that has long been in the shadows—child sex trafficking. SITE is identifying ways it can...

The week before Christmas, I went on my first cruise. Sailing with AmaWaterways up the Rhine River was an excellent experience, and one that I think will be a great option for clients looking for new or different incentive options. (Full disclosu...

I may have already said this, but social media—and, the Internet—have changed my life. My husband and I met online in 2000, and after that it became the doorway through which many blessings have entered. One of those blessings arrived this month...

Incoming Financial & Insurance Conference Planners board member Joe Scully, senior director with John Hancock Financial Services in Boston, Mass., made an immediate impact on the board of directors when he referred to the senior-most planner...

“Adorable Hotel Brand Kimpton Sells Out,” proclaimed a Frommer’s blog. “Kimpton’s Travel Groupies Don’t Want to Stay at Holiday Inn,” read the headline at BloombergBusinessweek...

A few months ago I interviewed Scott Owens of Salesforce, the biggest name in customer relationship management technology (“The Dreamforce App: In Your Corner, Not in Your Face”). Owens is in charge of the event app for Dreamforce, the...

Ruth Levine, founder of SpeakInc. Speakers bureau, released her list of the most popular female speakers for 2014 in July 2013. That prompted us to get in touch and ask her more about gender and the corporate speaker circuit. MeetingsNet: Do y...

We found some new twists (selfies as promotional tools), major shifts (have you considered downscaling hotels?), little wows (smartphones as room keys), and big impressions (a wall of Instagram photos) to share with you in our roundup. We'd love ...

The event planning software company Social Tables and the advocacy group Meetings Mean Business have collaborated with industry experts on a trend report called “The 9 Ways Meetings Will Impact Hotels in 2015.” Among the contributors...

One of the chief joys when traveling is visiting a world-class, historic city for the first time. That first time you set out to explore a metropolis is like the morning after a snowfall. The virgin snow stretches out as far as eye can see, just ...