Staffing, service levels, and event costs are all trending in the wrong direction, according to Meeting Professionals International’s latest Meetings Outlook survey.
The meetings market will be central to the recovery of urban hotels. Here, two industry consultants dish to city-hotel sales executives on why securing meetings business is so critical, with numbers that could give negotiating insight to planners.
Two ideas for stronger contract clauses for groups concerned that social or political issues might upend their destination selection.
Planners can learn more about a possible supplier partner over one shared lunch than from a handful of Zoom calls, but they simply might not have that in-person opportunity. Here’s the alternative.
The Rocky Mountain State wants to cut 10 percent from some of your meeting cost through mid-2024.
A meeting-procurement expert explains the differences among these time-saving risk-management strategies for the contracting process.
Planners and hoteliers weigh in on how to protect meetings from the labor crisis.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking comments. Time to get your beef with “junk fees” off your chest.
When you relaunch your meetings program, don’t assume the contracts you signed pre-Covid will fit today’s environment.
