Corporate Meetings & Events

Industry veteran Kevin Iwamoto is coming out of retirement to consult with the European event management company as it plans a bigger U.S. footprint.

Executives from GBTA’s Meetings & Events Europe Committee weigh in on top meeting trends that, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, just won’t quit.

Accor SVP Meenaz Diamond welcomed attendees to the 2023 Global Meeting Exchange with a phrase hard to disagree with: “Paris is always a good idea.”

Ben Goedegebuure leads the team at Maritz that established a green commitment for the company, sending a clear message to clients.

Morgan Stanley’s newly minted employee-meetings division ramped up to doing more than 350 meetings in short order with leadership from Changemaker Fatina Coleman.

Not everyone can afford to come to a Microsoft event. Alexia Clayborne is addressing that through a first-of-its-kind, no-cost-to-the-attendee pass for members of underrepresented communities.

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, made a name for herself 10 years ago with the launch of the Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate program. Now she has a new program and a book to show beginners the ropes.

Carrie Cliggett, CMM, CED, drove a comprehensive approach to meetings and events at Wolters Kluwer. Here’s how it went.