Articles tagged “meetings”

What you include in an event justification letter could make the difference between getting and not getting approval to attend a conference.

Your 2025 guide to the meetings industry’s top events. Stay ahead of industry trends, connect with peers, and discover opportunities at the year’s must-attend events and conferences.

Independent planners are looking beyond their industry associations for the resources and connections they need to build their small businesses.

Most event planners know that PR pros write press releases, but you might be surprised to learn they do a lot more.

Concerns linger about destination safety, rising costs, audiovisual/tech expenses, and hotel contract inflexibility, according to Future Partners State of the Meetings & Convention Industry research.

Marketing should never make people feel marketed to. They should feel like you are providing value and they want to be a part of that.

The theme of this week’s FICP Conference in Denver was ’Elevate,’ as the association raised the bar on its annual event.

A recent Cvent webinar revealed top trends for meetings, including choosing booking patterns that allow attendees to extend over a weekend and warm-weather destinations so they can be outdoors.

An estimated 21% of legitimate permission-based emails end up in the spam folder. How can you keep yours from doing the same?

So few people in the general public understand what meeting planners do. We can’t even decide what to call ourselves. Why does meeting planning have such an identity crisis?