Smart Meetings

Medical meetings have always had high guardrails and strict rules. Compliance standards, not creativity hold sway, and always will. Yet, even as today’s medical meetings have never been more difficult to mount, tomorrow’s meetings have never been better poised for success. This complex landscape was expertly parsed and predicted at a just-concluded Smart Meetings Webinar, “A ...

New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium is hosting the final match on July 19. While the event is taking place in East Rutherford, New Jersey, its placement near the New Jersey-New York border has led FIFA to name the venue “New York New Jersey Stadium” during the matches.

Many FIFA visitors will be coming from across the border. According to a Tourism Economics Study from the JYN...

Why does holding people accountable feel so uncomfortable?

It’s a question I hear often from event planners. You are high performing, detail oriented, and used to making things happen under pressure. You are managing a thousand moving parts, a fixed event date, and a long list of people who all play a role in success. There is no extending the deadline. Friday is Friday...

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) World Education Congress (WEC) welcomed nearly 1,800 meeting and event professionals to Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio for three days of education, immersion in Texas culture and a focus on the power of human connections.

“WEC San Antonio reflected where our industry is headed, toward more human-centered expe...

Sports may bring your attendees to the event, but personalization and engaging experiences will keep them coming for years to come. Meetings and events are built around hospitality, designed to foster networking and relationships; Joe Clemente, chief commercial officer at