Meeting Planning Toolbox

360 Live Media’s Beth Surmont, who co-founded the SocialOffset fundraising platform for events, discusses the power of optimism, taking control, and meeting planners’ on-site beast mode.

A recent global business-travel forecast details the factors affecting airfares as well as guest-room rates and costs for event elements at business hotels.

“I’ve embraced a mindset where change is not a one-time occurrence but a continuous cycle of improvement.”

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. A few key tips: Make F&B events value-added experiences and understand what “exclusive AV provider” really means.

Here’s how a veteran event organizer is using A.I. image generators to communicate her design concepts more quickly and accurately.

Salesforce’s big meeting brought 45,000 people to San Francisco last week. While organizers make it a high-profile, expertly produced event, here are three low-cost, attention-grabbing ideas from the show that anyone can try.

Unionized hotel workers in Boston began a three-day strike this week, while nine other cities could see similar walkouts with little warning. Meeting groups using those cities should be ready to get creative.

The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance has compiled nonpartisan information and scheduled webinars to help planners and suppliers understand how industry issues could be affected by whomever takes office.

Planners are used to handling a variety of F&B needs, but some attendees’ expectations stretch the limits. Here’s some advice.

Five steps to managing the risks of booking a provocative speaker.