Meeting Planner Resources

The same principles used to create live events should be applied for virtual planners whose responsibility is to plan the AI and virtual reality (VR) aspects of meetings.

SMERF meetings often get overlooked, but for destinations like Chattanooga, Tenn., they can mean big business.

There are tons of tools out today that can help you manage and automate a lot of the repetitive email tasks you may have gotten used to—and many of them are free.

Some outsourcing partners are brought on to assist internal meeting planners on a single project. Others can be a permanent extension of the staff.

Meet Well Attendees wore exercise clothes for the meeting day, and donned slippers given out by the hotel. During lunch, the MGM Grand's chefs shared the philosophies and practices behind the special Stay Well menu. A whiteboard listed ideas for integrating wellness into meetings and everyone left signing a pledge to plan healthier meetings.

58 percent of Millennials post more often on social media when traveling than at home with the goal of sharing their adventures with friends and family.

We interviewed Cosimo Bruzzese, VP of business development for Briggs, Inc. to see how they are enhancing the human component of meetings and events.

For a fully customized and personalized event experience, consider buying out the hotel.

From live streaming of sessions to locavore teambuilding, here are 5 meeting trends for 2018 identified by Benchmark's properties.

Food waste, sourcing food and beverage and responsible destination experiences are three of the biggest challenges that sustainable meetings face.

Sophisticated attendees have grown used to the standard corporate amenities, from watches to sunglasses to designer bags. A number of stars are shaking up the standard norm, among them Blue Jean Events.

"My No. 1 professional goal for the New Year is to continue to organize our company to make it more profitable and efficient."

Here are five key factors for meeting planners to consider when planning multigenerational meetings.

The goal of hotel points is to reward loyalty, but do they influence decisions—and if companies accept them, how do they put them to use?