Tag: Meeting Planners

Q&A: Bob Diener, getaroom.com

Co-founder and president of hotel booking site forecasts big changes in booking habits. [...] Read more

A cause weaved into your day—combined with optimism—puts a bounce in your step. [...] Read more

Keppler’s new online catalog of speakers allows for easy searching. [...] Read more

July set the record for highest number of room nights ever sold with 105 million, a 3.5 percent increase over the same month last year. Experts predict 2012 to continue this positive trend. [...] Read more

In some ways, BarCamps and unconferences are a little like the movement. [...] Read more

After a $275 million redesign and overall hotel upgrade in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the hotel, with more than 200,000 square feet of event space, becomes the city’s largest meeting property. [...] Read more

The final element of the center’s renovation, scheduled for completion this fall, is Plaza Acequia, a 20,000-sq.-ft. outdoor event space. [...] Read more

It lists all conference hotels, off-site venues and caterers, and allows planners to submit RFPs. [...] Read more

The new standards will include best practices for events around the world, as well as more thorough explanations and details to many of the standards set in years past. [...] Read more

The 156-page guide has information on more than 130 upper-tier and luxury hotels worldwide. [...] Read more