NEWS
New FAA Law Seeks to Make the Flight Experience More Tolerable
A new law aims to protect airline passengers from cramped seats and getting bumped from flights, but won’t eliminate airline fees.
MPICares Makes Sexual Harassment Reporting Easier
Meetings Professional International recently launched MPICares, a reporting tool for confidential harassment complaints and concerns.
Glass Ceiling Still Exists in Meeting Industry
About half of respondents to the soon-to-be-released joint survey of 708 women by Prevue Meetings & Incentives and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) reported a glass ceiling—being in jobs where they believed that being a woman had prohibited them from advancing any further.
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The Social Issue Currently Impacting My Planning Process Is…
Meeting planners share the social issues currently having the biggest impact on their meeting planning processes.
Are You Ready for the Next Natural Disaster?
With all the crises—volcanoes in Hawaii to wildfires on the West Coast—being ready to deal with a natural disaster is part of the job description.
Women Meeting Planners Share Advice on Sexual Harassment
Who better to provide advice on sexual harassment in scenarios common to meeting planners than their fellow meeting planners? Here are some of our favorite responses from the nearly 400 women who wrote to us:
10 Tips for Healthy Eating on the Road
It's not easy to eat healthy when you travel for work—especially in the meetings industry. To help, we asked attendees, speakers and sponsors from our Meet Well Visionary Summit for their favorite tips.
Women Meeting Planners Offer Advice on Work-Life Balance
422 women responded to our latest survey with work-life balance advice for a woman starting out in the meetings industry. Here are some of our favorite answers.
5 Boardrooms Designed for Innovative Meetings
Planners can book these five innovative boardrooms from across the country or simply glean inspiration from them for future meeting designs.
