The outcome of a lawsuit charging Marriott International with misrepresenting facts connected to resort fees could impact all hotels.
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The outcome of a lawsuit charging Marriott International with misrepresenting facts connected to resort fees could impact all hotels.
For all its benefits, pairing people up to share experiences and education is not a silver bullet for success and some relationships work better than others. Smart Meetings reached out to experts to narrow down the dos and don’ts of mentor-mentee-etiquette.
Attendees returning from ASAE’s Experience Design Project (XDP) at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland brought with them lots of ideas for leveraging the power of play and personalization in creating agendas.
PCMA EduCon planners set the lofty goal of hacking homelessness at their June event in Las Vegas.The goal was to address the root causes of the problem of people not having reliable housing. We asked the hackathon facilitators for a behind-the-scenes look at how they approached the conversation.
 After a long board meeting, nothing brings people together like breaking artisan French bread at an upscale brasserie. In the last four years, thousands of visitors to Las Vegas have been escorted to reserved tables at top restaurants on and off The Strip for VIP experiences that take all the work out of fine dining by serving groups preset meals and tidbits of information about venues.
To misquote the old adage about the factors influencing the value of real estate, the top considerations for choosing a destination for a reward trip continue to be appeal, safety and value. A recent study found that event professionals are planning more travel incentive trips than ever, but are stressed by the challenge of rising costs, concerns about security and pressure to prove return on investment.
If you are one of the 1,600 people going to St. Louis for Destinations International 2019 Annual Convention at America’s Center this July, read this.
The Orange County enclave of Irvine is a bleisure paradise. The home of University of California, Irvine, as well as Allergan, Edwards Lifesciences and CoreLogic is an economic heavyweight.
Imagine an event professional. We will call her Jane. She has been in the meetings industry for more than a decade. She has a “favorites” phone list of suppliers who can make anything happen. Miniature baked Alaska for 1,000—check. Lighting that turns a ballroom into an electric daisy carnival—got it. Need a replacement for an AWOL speaker—Tony Robbins might be free this afternoon. Surveys give her events high marks. But she feels stuck.
Guess who showed up to Smart Meeting Mid-Atlantic at Kimpton Hotel Monaco in the nation’s capital on Thursday? A little friend we like to call inspiration.
