The move to make the recreational use of marijuana legal is gaining momentum—it’s now legal to spark up a spliff in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington state. And legislation is on the November ballots in a number of other states as well, in...
The Orlando nightclub massacre was fresh in the hearts of those who attended Meeting Professionals International's World Education Congress in June. MPI recognized horrible attack on innocents at the LGBT nightclub with a moment of silence, and a...
How many caterers do you usually book for your biggest meeting? We're guessing it's not 12, which is the number on tap for this week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. An article in FoodService Director tells the tale...
An article by Nancy Zavada about the common misconception that donating leftover event food is illegal garnered lots of comments at MeetingsNet. Many planners said they’ve gotten pushback from hotels when asking if they could donate...
Pharmaceutical and life sciences meeting managers are an intense and thoroughly professional niche of the meeting planning world, but is Pharma Forum all work and no play? No way. That would be a lost opportunity for sponsors to share innovative ...
Jean-Michel Petit was a venture capitalist vacationing with his son in Peru when they left their high-end hotel one day and spent the night with a local family, sharing lunch, dinner, and breakfast with them. At the end of the trip, Petit thought...
1. Shrink the Cups.
Try six-ounce cups for coffee breaks—there’s nothing worse than seeing half-filled coffee cups at $90 per gallon. And pay for coffee by consumption, not per person.
2. Skip the Juice.
For plated breakfasts, cut out the au...
For a group that had enjoyed decades of incredible incentive trips to places like South Africa, the destination management company CSI Washington, DC, had to knock their socks off in the nation’s capital (oh, and the group had done a D...
