Meeting Planner Resources

Meeting Planner Resources

Naomi Umhey

Naomi Umhey’s Rise to the Top

Naomi Umhey worked her way up from a temp to the CEO of the Emerson Resort & Spa, a popular meeting spot in the heart of New York’s Catskill Mountains.
Jennifer Glynn

Jennifer Glynn Gives Back

Jennifer Glynn, this year's SITE president, says women have to be everything to everyone, and a a result, are excellent multitaskers.
Janet Traphagen and Industry Friends

Janet Traphagen Helping Others

In a span of approximately 23 years, Janet Traphagen worked her way up from account manager at the meeting, incentive, and recognition company Creative Group to president.
Carina Bauer

Carina Bauer All in the Family

Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group, is featured as part of Prevue’s special series to celebrate International Women’s Day.
HIMSS

HIMSS Lessons on Risk

Though planners of the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition announced less than a week out that they were canceling their annual meeting for the first time in 58 years, there's a lot to learn about managing risk from their experience.
plant-based dishes

Plant-Based Dishes for Events

What used to be an occasional request for plant-based dishes is now accounting for 10 percent or more of all meals served.
Sheila Johnson

Sheila Johnson Speaks Out

There are few women who own hotels, but that didn’t stop Sheila Johnson, CEO and founder of Salamander Hotels & Resorts.
Generation Equality

Celebrate Generation Equality

International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th of March every year and this year's theme is, "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights."  The purpose of the day is to celebrate women’s achievements,...
attendee

3 Attendee-Driven Strategies

The big mistakes meeting planners make usually have to do with viewing their meetings as the organizer, versus considering perspectives of their attendees.
CCPA

CCPA is the New GDPR

Similar to the European Union’s GDPR, CCPA regulates how the data of California residents is collected, protected and used by for-profit entities.
REAL ID

REAL ID: Start Preparing Now

If attendees do not update to a REAL ID by October 1, 2020 or have an acceptable alternate form of ID, they will be turned away at the airport.
human trafficking

Human Trafficking Update

Though meeting planners might not understand what human trafficking has to do with them, there is a clear connection between business travel and meetings and trafficking—and the industry is taking steps to make a difference.
AB5

AB5 & AB1928: Update from CA

AB1928, a bill to reverse AB5, is up for a vote on Feb. 27. Relief could be speedy—or not.
Attrition

Attrition Advice

The ins and the outs of dealing with attrition fees and ways to negotiate your contracts so they benefit you.