It’s easy to get complacent about meeting safety. However, a casualty in mid-January serves as an awful reminder that planners, production companies, and venues need the highest possible standards and diligence.
As an Israel-focused conference opens in Denver, its organizers are facing protestors trying to cripple the event. Business-event planners should pay close attention because the protest groups in their industry may be watching, too.
Recent meeting cancellations in the U.S. connected with tensions in the Middle East raise important questions: Who is responsible for enhanced event security? And does a force-majeure clause cover a security-related cancellation?
After a devasting earthquake, is now the time to bring more than 10,000 people to a meeting in Marrakech? The IMF and World Bank are working with Morocco to make the call.
Four days of system outages and counting: MGM Resorts struggles with the consequences of malicious online criminals.
Some organizations are reinstating mask mandates as case numbers rise. For upcoming events, it’s critical that planners deliver...
Large events in Los Angeles and San Diego go on—with a change here and there—despite the unprecedented summer storm in Southern...
While the resort destinations of Kaanapali, Kapalua, and Wailea have avoided damage, transportation routes and tourism vendors in nearby Lahaina will be greatly affected for the foreseeable future.
A May meeting of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology was disrupted by an assault on a panelist, reminding planners of their critical risk-management responsibilities.
A veteran security consultant says that planners should implement many of the same protocols used for executive-level events across all their meetings.
