David Peckinpaugh, president of Maritz Travel, discusses “marketing 3.0,” or community-to-community marketing and how that trend is influencing meeting design.

Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing at Oracle Corp. and acting chairman of the Green Meeting Industry Council Board of Directors, discusses both tactical and strategic steps involved in getting a green meeting program off the ground.

With hotel RevPAR expected to continue to grow through 2015, Michael Dominguez, senior vice president of corporate hotel sales for MGM Resorts International, offers advice to meeting planners on strategic negotiation practices.

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The Radisson Blu hotel chain is rolling out a new group package, Experience Meetings, which focuses on innovations in food and beverage, the spatial environment, and technology. “With this program, professionals can tailor their meeting ex...

While I'm sure most planners build much of their meeting around the mood they're trying to create with their program, especially when it comes to set designs, AV, food and beverage, and entertainment, not to mention speakers. But did you know ...

A new company wants to improve your purchasing power by combining your spend on meeting and business services with that of other organizations. Chicago-based Concord Strategic Partner Group is a group purchasing organization, or GPO, which works...