Smart Meetings

Plus: Other GMID celebrations from around the U.S. This year’s Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) was one to remember. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) teamed up for a lively, eight-hour livestream packed with fresh insights, emerging trends and meaningful discussions around the future of meetings and events. Couldn’t […]

In this episode of Smart Start Radio, co-hosts Eming Piansay and Sara Robertson announce exciting news and are later joined by Yaron Lipshitz, CEO of Prismm, and Katie Moser, director of marketing and business development at GoGather.

As event organizers, we’ve all faced last-minute scrambles. When you have a speaker panel hiccup, here's how to meet the problem.

The Caesars Wellness Road Show took place in seven cities across the United States. The company educated meeting professionals about the its curated wellness menus of catering and content options.

Hospitality students from Cal Poly joined in on Visit California's Outlook Forum to gain a deeper understanding of the meetings industry through two days of sessions and networking.

Visit California brought representatives from around the world to Los Angeles for Outlook Forum last week to hear what the prospects for travel to the Golden State are from all corners of the globe.

Off-season, blues to bonanza Off-season events can be awesome—reduced lodging costs, no crowds or even the whole destination practically to yourself—but there are risks. How many attendees, for instance, will show up in a beach community known for summertime fun…in the busy weeks leading up to the December holidays? In, say, Gulf Shores, Alabama? Tourism […]