What Goes Down Must Come Up
Planners banking on cheap room rates may need to readjust their checkbooks. "With events that fall during peak times, there seems to be less room for...
You've Got Worms
Just when you thought it was safe to check your inbox, it turns out that e-mail, that invaluable tool for marketing meetings, corresponding with...
A Change of Seasons
When does peak season in Florida not include the dead of winter? The answer, apparently, is when there's a stubbornly soft travel climate. These days,...
An Upright Citizen
How does an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer end up as the authority on ethics for "The Paper of Record"? "It's been a long journey full of idiotic...
Attendees Snub Muffins
Kosher. Vegetarian. Diabetic. Allergic to shellfish/peanuts/ wheat. If your head's not already spinning from trying to incorporate these special...
Friend, Not Foe
For years, one school of thought has positioned videoconferencing as a threat to meeting planners. Because if we can see and talk to each other via...
Ghost World
WARNING: Planners with weak constitutions are strongly urged to flip past this article. The rest of you are advised that this piece is not an...
Home Ports
Debbie Donze's business is booming. In the last year, sales at her meeting planning company have grown by at least 50 percent. And in the last 18...