Meeting Planner Resources

A top challenge for service professionals in 2020 is the site inspection, according to Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA).

Eighty event and marketing pros signed up for HD’s “Secret Family Reunion” with no idea where they were headed until two hours before their chartered flight took off.

Kimpton's 2020 F&B Trends forecast once again predicts the next big thing in flavors and ingredients, including black garlic, s’chug and nutritional yeast.

“There is a big difference between a room drop and an experience where you go into a room and select your gift. This is particularly true for incentives, where guests may go from table to table selecting their gifts.”

Looking for a new way to energize your meeting or breath new life into teambuilding programs? Tapping the ancient Māori ritual called haka may be just the thing, says Karl Burrows, director of Haka Works.

A human trafficking app known as The STOP APP lets users anonymously report any suspicious behavior or incidents anywhere around the globe.

With its new custom foodie tours, Lip Smacking Foodie Tours offers a VIP gourmet alternative to dine-arounds and formal dinners.

The editors of Prevue travel around the world to bring you all the latest news that impact you, and the meetings, conferences, and incentives you plan, and often, we are introduced to innovative products and services that we want to share with you and here are a few that caught our attention.

Use a social media wall to build and maintain a high level of engagement for your event.

Is Uber for meetings? We look at the services the ride-share company offers planners organizing meetings and events.

Simple meetings make up more than half of corporate meetings, yet 52 percent of companies book these meetings outside of “managed” channels.

Planners working with speakers to leverage technology during presentations can enhance the attendee experience at every level, before, during, and after the main event.

Time Out Market Miami opened in May 2019 and has become a popular South Beach culinary venue. It offers a range of options for corporate events and more.

It's an old negotiating tip: Get inside the head of the person sitting across the table from you. So we turned to several hotels to share their negotiating tips from the front lines.