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Planners Pivot as Disruption Intensifies

No one knows better than planners that the show must go on, which is why they are facing disruption with pivots rather than cancelations.

Exclusive: How to Make Meetings More Welcoming to All

Mike Veny on how your keynote speaker choice can help solve two vexing planning challenges.

ROI: Executive Buy-In Just the Start

Corporate leadership generally understands the value of events. The rub is getting finance to pay for them.

Beyond the Ramp: Why Speakers with Disabilities Belong on Your Stage

Disability is the diversity category planners most often forget, and it is also one of the largest.

Tampa Offers a Tempting Meeting Incentive Suite

Visit Tampa Bay has a four-part suite of perks and programs to incentivize groups to bring their meetings and events to town.

Montreal Offers Enticing Group Incentives

In addition to Canada’s favorable foreign exchange rate, Business Events Montreal offers some additional perks for group business.

Cyprus Offers Generous Incentive to Attract Meetings and Events

Cyprus’ Ministry of Tourism has launched a new incentive it hopes will draw more meetings and events, especially during the island’s off-peak season.

Teambuilding’s Growing Appetite for “Eatertainment” Venues

Why purpose-built, activity-anchored venues are increasingly showing up on meeting planners’ venue shortlists.

Bridge the Generation Gap with the Four Cs

If you think the generational gap is about age, think again, said a panel of young leaders during a recent webinar.
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Exclusive: Meetings Turn Ideas Into Action

Why meetings are where ideas actually turn into action, and how AI is freeing planners to focus on the human side of the business.
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AI and Contracts: 8 Things Planners Need to Know Now

Two hospitality attorneys uncover where the real exposure lies—and what a closed AI system does and doesn’t protect you from.
Rebecca Jones, Vice President Global Supplier Relations at BCD Meetings & Events

Exclusive: How Meetings Rebuild Local Economies

BCD Meetings & Events’ Rebecca Jones explains why the industry’s real value to host communities goes far past hotel spend.

Exclusive: Meetings, the Unsung Growth Accelerator

BCD Meetings & Events' Jennifer La Fuente on the economic case for face-to-face events—and how the smartest organizations are measuring, and multiplying, the return.

Exclusive: How Global Events Drive Cross-Border Progress

BCD Meetings & Events’ Emily Nichols weighs in on why in-person global events are key for solving problems together.