Photojournalist Annie Griffiths will speak at the Sustainability Meetings Conference in September.The Sustainable Meetings Conference, an event hosted annually by the Green Meeting Industry Council (now an initiative of the Convention Industry Co...

White hydrangeas and deep orange roses and lilies helped turn the dinner on the opening night of the Host Global Alliance 4th Annual HGA Global Forum into a special affair, but that wouldn’t be the final act for the gorgeous buds and blooms...

As incentive industry professionals, we are intensely interested in what motivates our audiences to achieve, to attend, to acquire. Much has been written about designing rewards and programs that motivate and engage across generations, which is a...

Pay it forward by spending some time today responding to an important green meetings survey. The Green Meeting Industry Council has commissioned a major study of sustainability practices, which is being conducted by Dr. Dina Zemke and Dr. Yen-Soo...

Participants posing with their finished Mud Pie KitchensMany meetings include some sort of corporate social responsibility activity to give back to the community in which the event is held. While it’s relatively easy to raise funds to donate to a...

On October 17, the day before IMEX America 2016 opens in Las Vegas, volunteers are invited to join conference staffers and local residents in an organized cleanup of walking trails and parks. The new corporate social responsibility project, calle...

Would you believe me if I said there is a no-cost, zero-calorie drink that will boost your mood, provide energy, help you look younger and lose weight, and rid your body of toxins? If there were, would you start drinking it today?  While this ...

Another win-win for an innovation committee is to invite the participation of sponsors whose product or service is a good conceptual or literal fit. As a year-round destination focused on outdoor activities and health, Visit Newport Beach was int...

It’s time for the meetings industry to move from awareness to action in the global fight against human trafficking, says SITE, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, which last month held a joint webinar on the topic with ECPAT-USA...