Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum.

Food and Beverage 429

Food and Beverage Meetings Meeting Design Site Selections 429

The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

With the inflation rate currently reaching 8.5%, food, travel, shipping, hotel and labor costs are all escalating. Can the agenda be adjusted to fewer days or sessions, thus reducing hotel and food and beverage costs? With a few tools in your toolkit, seamless event planning is possible—and worth it. Travel Disruption.

Meeting Planning 52

Meeting Planning Meetings Food and Beverage Travel 52

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Meeting or event design elements cover a wide array of details ranging from thematic tie-ins, signage, audiovisual production, speaker selection, technology use, seating, room set-ups, food and beverage menus and program content.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

I of course am biased (extremely biased) when it comes to the event and meeting planning industry. I am one of the lucky ones that have been able to plan events, meetings and conferences for many years and make a living at it too. Handling Event Planning Online Reviews – New Year New Trend!

Event Planning 40

Event Planning Food and Beverage Site Selections Negotiating 40

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

A 30-percent drop in revenue will be devastating to the thousands of independent planners who serve association and corporate clients in the site-selection and event-planning process. On one side, site-selection companies allow hotels to run leaner. adopted the same plan with Conferon.

Site Selections 67

Site Selections Food and Beverage Contracts Negotiating 67