Decoding Event Dress Codes
Selecting the right dress codes for events is more than a logistical detail—it shapes the ambiance and influences guest comfort.
Why You Need to Hold a Corporate Retreat in 2025
Several converging trends make corporate retreats more important than ever — but choose your venue carefully to ensure your retreat achieves your strategic goals.
The Third-Tier Advantage
Eight ways third-tier cities can compete with their top-tier rivals by leveraging their affordability, accessibility and unique offerings.
5 Reasons Why Cruising Is Not Just for Incentives
Cruising has long been an incentive staple, but now more meeting and event planners are also considering taking to the seas.
Bringing Nature into Meetings & Events
Meeting planners are turning to biophilic design—integrating nature into event spaces—to foster engagement and enhance overall experiences.
5 Meeting Planning Takeaways from the 2025 Grammys
The 2025 Grammy award ceremony did a lot of things that meeting professionals might want to think about scaling for their own award gala.
Time to Reboot Your Session Formatting
Attendees are done with traditional, hour-long sessions — it’s time for session formatting to meet attendees where their attention spans are.
Freeman Publishes New Live Events Playbook
Freeman’s Bob Priest-Heck and Carrie Freeman Parsons have published a new live events playbook that details how to create a successful event.
3 Icebreakers for People Who Hate Icebreakers
Here are three icebreakers that even the haters may tolerate.
3 Presentation Formats Attendees Will Love
These three presentation formats will engage attendees and foster learning — though not all speakers will want to go there.
Planners, Bake in a Blueberry Muffin Break
Florida's Opal Collection: a complimentary muffin break, worked into the program when you book by June 30, 2025.
3 Innovative Meeting Formats to Jazz Up Your 2025 Events
Are you — and your attendees — tired of the same old meeting format? Here are thre meeting formats that will add excitement and engagement to your next event.
Corporate Holiday Party Trends of 2024
Here's a rundown of the top corporate holiday party trends of 2024 that planners should consider for memorable and meaningful events.
Exclusive: How to Rock Like a Hurricane (During a Hurricane)
How a production company helped create an opportunity for immersive engagement out of what could have been a hurricane-induced cancellation disappointment.
