Risk Management

A meeting expert suggests a more inclusive outlook on F&B diversity for the new year.

With less than three weeks to adapt, planner Katie Wegerski had to make fast decisions about BHG Financial’s big customer event in Naples. But in the end, both her attendees and her executives were happy.

From Naples to Orlando, hotels and infrastructure took a beating that will take some areas weeks, months, or even years to fully recover from.

Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos were all in the direct path, while Bermuda braces for what’s coming. Maritz provided MeetingsNet with some details on handling upcoming incentive programs.

The carefully choreographed royal funeral was awe-inspiring from the planning perspective alone.

A music festival planned for the city’s Piedmont Park has been scrapped, reportedly as a result of ambiguities around the organizer’s right to ban guns.

Asking the right questions and creating a clear policy will give you the ammunition to control firearms at your meetings.

With the Supreme Court’s decision to expand gun rights, the likelihood that attendees will be armed could increase.

A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. What he learned could help other planners as they make sure they are fulfilling their duty-of-care obligations.

A recent judges’ association conference in New York wound up with a nearly 30-percent rate of Covid infection among attendees. It’s a reminder that event hosts must still consider testing, masking, and other precautions.