Global Events Planning

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.

London-based NKD increases ITA Group’s headcount and adds greatly to its global reach.

Compared to individual business travel, more employees are more likely to attend corporate meetings and association conferences. Besides planners, hotels might also want to take note.

13 industry veterans will be honored in Las Vegas in October for their significant contributions to the meetings and events industry.

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.

In one case, five chartered jets with more than 1,000 program participants had to fly to Kerry, Ireland, 160 miles from Dublin, their original destination, due to airport-staffing shortages.

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