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7 Hotels for Team Bonding Experiences That Go Beyond the Conference Room
Explore seven hotels for team bonding retreats, from beach games to desert excursions, plus planning tips for sourcing room blocks.
Event Security Planning: What Planners Need to Know Before Doors Open
Event security starts long before show day. Learn how planners can assess risk, coordinate teams, protect attendees, and plan safer meetings.
Ultimate Guide to Memphis, Tennessee for Group Travel and Meetings
Plan smarter Memphis meetings with group-friendly hotels, venues, dining, attractions, and travel tips for a culture-rich Tennessee event attendees remember.
Wellness at Events: Designing Environments That Protect Energy and Mental Health
Design wellness into events with smarter agendas, quiet rooms, hydration, movement, and venue sourcing tips that protect attendee energy, focus, and ROI.
Where Work Trips Turn Into Vacation: 10 Group-Friendly Event Destinations Attendees Will Want to Extend
Plan smarter group events with destinations that make it easy for attendees to extend work trips into memorable vacations.
5 U.S. Airport Hotels That Make Fast Meetings Feel Easy
Discover five U.S. airport hotels that make fast meetings easier with terminal access, meeting space, strong airlift, and simple group logistics.
The Ultimate Guide to Asheville for Group Travel
Plan smarter group events in Los Angeles with this complete planner-focused guide covering hotels, attractions, timing, logistics, and group booking strategy.
Do Events Actually Help Communities? A Smarter Way to Think About Impact
Discover how events truly impact local communities and how planners can design smarter, more responsible events that create lasting value.
Sustainable Events That Actually Save Money (and When They Don’t)
Not all sustainability strategies are created equal. Check out the surprising places where sustainability does save money.
Five Convention Destinations That Make Sustainable Event Planning Easier
Discover five U.S. convention cities that don’t just talk about sustainability. They operationalize it in ways that actually matter to planners.
Commissions 101: How Event Planners Earn Hotel Commissions Without an IATA Number
A practical guide for U.S. event planners on earning hotel commissions. Learn IATA alternatives, host agencies, portals, and compliance basics.
Ultimate Guide to Indianapolis for Group Travel and Meetings
Plan smarter group events in Los Angeles with this complete planner-focused guide covering hotels, attractions, timing, logistics, and group booking strategy.
Planning Events at Casino Hotels: Why Casinos Are a Smart Fit for Certain Organizations and Programs
Casino hotels offer built-in scale, logistics, and engagement for meetings. Here’s when they work best and how planners use them strategically.
Micro Meetings, Scaled Smart: A Practical How-To for Repeatable Small Events
Learn how to plan micro meetings and scalable small events using standardized systems, smart sourcing, and repeatable logistics planners can trust.
The Ultimate Guide to Los Angeles for Group Travel
Plan smarter group events in Los Angeles with this complete planner-focused guide covering hotels, attractions, timing, logistics, and group booking strategy.
