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19 Trends to Watch in 2019
Experts agree events will grow in 2019, but what does that mean for trends throughout the industry?
Travel Portland Launches 6-Year Tourism Plan to Become DMMO
Travel Portland revitalizes its tourism efforts with a shift in its marketing and management strategies.
F&B Trends: Smaller Portions, Global Flavors, Small-Batch Rum, Craft Sodas
Brian Stapleton, vice president of food & beverage at Aramark, talks rising F&B trends and costs in the hospitality industry.
6 Helpful Apps Meeting Planners Should Download
From learning a new language to getting compensation for lost luggage, here are six free apps you didn’t know you needed.
What Are the Consequences of Hotels and DMC Consolidation?
Is bigger really better? Hotels and DMCs are moving fast toward consolidation—here, we take a look at the potential consequences.
A Hand for Tipping
There are no universal rules for rewarding your vendors. Here are some tipping basics for doing it right.
5 Ways to Use Pantone’s Color of the Year, Living Coral, at Your Next Event
From table settings to signage and cocktail drinks, here's how Pantone's vivacious 2019 Color of the Year, Living Coral, can be incorporated into the details
Destinations
City Spotlight: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tom Bennett, vice president of sales and services at Experience Grand Rapids, shares secrets about what to do in the River City.
Incentives
Meetings Uncorked in Napa Valley
With a host of resorts that offer memorable venues, Napa Valley draws cheers for meetings.
4 Reasons to Add Nemacolin Woodlands Resort to Your List
Nemacolin, north of Pittsburgh, provides an ideal backdrop for exclusive meetings and events.
5 Reasons to Meet at The Bahamas
The Bahamas evokes images of bright blue water, miles of beaches and mega resorts—making it ideal for incentives and intimate meetings.
F&B
F&B Trends: Smaller Portions, Global Flavors, Small-Batch Rum, Craft Sodas
Brian Stapleton, vice president of food & beverage at Aramark, talks rising F&B trends and costs in the hospitality industry.
Strategy
How to Stop Overspending on Audiovisual for Events
Endless Events Founder Will Curran says knowledge is power when accounting for audiovisual costs in your event’s budget.
Ask the Expert: Event Security 101
With more than 40 years experience in facility management and safety, Harold Hansen knows his way around risk assessment and security.
A Hand for Tipping
There are no universal rules for rewarding your vendors. Here are some tipping basics for doing it right.
How to Think Like a Startup
Many traditions born from startup culture go far beyond mere incentives in order to honor each individual employee’s contribution and dedication to the
Human Trafficking 101: See Something, Say Something
What you don’t know about human trafficking can hurt you.
How to Engage the Power of Informal Networks
It is imprudent for you to underestimate the power of informal networks by saying they are merely “nice-to-have.”
How to Remove Clutter to Keep Attendees’ Attention
An elite planner sits down with a behavioral scientist about removing clutter to retain attendees’ attention.
Andy Core’s Top 5 Tips To Achieve More
Author, motivational speaker and productivity expert Andy Core shares how to manage stress and achieve more.
How to Get the Most Out of a 20-Minute Workout
You unexpectedly have time for a 20-minute workout, and you’d love to cram some exercise in. But is 20 minutes really long enough to get a decent workout?
How to Use Songwriting in Teambuilding
Teambuilding exercises get stale and can make them an ineffective attendee nightmare. Award-winning composer, Billy Kirsch, suggests using songwriting
How to Understand and Use VR and AR
Late to the VR/AR party? Jim Spellos shares everything you need to know about the altered-reality technologies changing the way we experience things.
12 Smart Tips for Increasing Productivity While Working From Home
Independent meeting planners share their best tips for increasing productivity, focus and job satisfaction while working from home.
Tech
A Guide to the Artificial Intelligence Galaxy
Artificial intelligence is the future, but it's not as distant as you may think. Follow this guide to learn five ways AI is changing the way we live and
How to Reach Generation Z on Social Media
Social media expert Alex Plaxen demystifies how Generation Z communicates online—and how to use that information to build a targeted marketing strategy.
8 Event Tech Trends for 2018
Event tech probably will never replace face-to-face meeting. But new technology can drive those interactions to make events more meaningful.
Concept3D Adds Dimensions to Exploring Convention Centers
Concept3D, based in Denver, creates immersive online experiences for convention centers, through three-dimension mapping.
7 Essential Elements Every Event App Should Include
Connect speaker Brandt Krueger reviews the most important features any event app should include.
Q&A With the Founders of Event Tech Tribe
Founders Leonora Valvo and Marie-Claire Andrews discuss their careers, how they found Event Tech Tribe and their opportunity to launch women into the event
People
Christy Lamagna Mentors the Events Industry
Christy Lamagna adds to her impressive resume with Crowne Plaza Meetings Mentors program.
Videos
The Whitley Adds Casual Luxury to Buckhead
David Friederich, Managing Director of The Whitley, explains how his hotel is brining casual luxury to Buckhead, Atlanta.
This Just Happened: May 7-14
Orlando World Center Marriott sets a new standard in produce; look for a more iconic experience aboard the observation wheel in Orlando; Park MGM takes
The American Hotel in Atlanta Merges Past With Present
A new $16 million renovation pays homage to The American Hotel’s place in history. The property was the first integrated hotel in Downtown Atlanta.
Site Visit: The William Vale, Brooklyn
Sebastien Maingourd. general manager of The William Vale, discusses how the 183-room hotel had adopted the feel of its vibrant Brooklyn neighborhood.
How Virtual Reality Advances Storytelling
Annie Eaton, founder and CEO, Futurus, and Ed Thomas, mobile and emerging tech product lead, CNN, discuss using virtual reality to tell your brand's story.
Hyatt Regency Maui’s Exec Chef on Going Local
Greg Grohowski, Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa's executive chef, describes the hotel's approach to food simply: "where farm to table comes to life."