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Meeting planner salaries

Meeting Planner Salaries: Are You Getting Paid What You’re Worth?

Determining what a meeting planner's salary should be can be tough. Here are some stats and tools that may help. Meeting planner salaries are tough to pin down, at least in part because the job...
compression

2022 Demand Could Lead to Compression

industry experts have begun using the term "compression" to describe the demand on available space by multiple groups.
splashie awards

Splashie Awards Highlight Benefits of Cohesive Branding in Event Marketing

The winners of the Splashie awards for event marketing showcase how five organizations developed a branding framework to bring their events to life. Looking for branding inspiration? Event marketers can look to winners of the...
Hawaii meetings and incentives

As Vaccine Restrictions Lift, Hawaii Meetings and Incentives Heat Up

By loosening its vaccine rules, Hawaii has eased one of the last remaining barriers for meetings and incentives to return to the Aloha State.
IMEX America 2021

Registrations Surge for IMEX America 2021

One month after registration for IMEX America 2021 went live, hosted buyer registration is already outpacing 2019 — which was a record year.
alaska

Cruising Returns to Alaska

Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas became the first large cruise ship to sail into Alaska waters and officially end the state’s nearly two-year cruise drought.

Innovate! Visionary Summit Wraps Up in Palm Beach

A top-tier group of meeting and incentive planners gathered with industry sponsors for two days of  education and idea sharing June 27 to 28 at the fabulous Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan,...
Resorts World Opens

Resorts World Opens on the Las Vegas Strip

Resorts World opened for business on June 24 as the Las Vegas Strip’s first new ground-up resort development to debut in more than a decade. The integrated complex that makes up Resorts World opened  with...
EU

EU Opening to U.S. Travelers

EU representatives agreed this week to ease restrictions for vaccinated travelers and those coming from countries where COVID-19 is "under control."

MPI WEC 2021: A Bellwether for the Return of In-Person Events

Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress (MPI WEC 2021) landed in Las Vegas last week a bit smaller in attendance but bigger than ever when it comes to optimism for the post-pandemic return of...
July 4

Most States To Reopen & Unmask by July 4

This July 4, there is reason to celebrate, with all signs pointing to a reopening with few restrictions of all 50 states by the national holiday. According to The New York Times, the holdout states...
incentive

Incentive Buyers: Safety is Critical

A new Incentive Research Foundation white paper finds that safety is a top priority for post-pandemic programs. Results of a research study published last month by the Incentive Research Foundation suggests that planners are mindfully...
incentive travel

New SITE Research Finds Overwhelming Commitment to Incentive Travel Post-Pandemic

Incentive travel is poised for a comeback — new research from the SITE Foundation found that almost 94% of the 50 companies surveyed in April 2021 said their leadership was 100% committed to incentive travel as...
cruise lines

4 Major Cruise Lines To Set Sail

The world watched last weekend as the first major cruise ship open to North Americans—the Celebrity Millennium—set sail from St. Maarten.