Destinations

GoToMeeting, Skype, Google Hangouts, Whatsapp keep us hyper-connected. However, they haven’t managed to eliminate our primordial need for Face-2-Face encounters. The more we connect, it seems, the more we want to be connected and the ultimate fulfillment of that desire is the reassuring comfort of a handshake or a hug given in a real place with real people in real time.

Dubai, a destination of contrasts, has earned a reputation for opulent hotels and spectacular events that garner a buzz around the globe. Here are 5 take-aways from Dubai events and 7 tips for planning events in Dubai. Event planners can use them to enhance their own meetings, conferences, and corporate events.

Although there are certainly many venues out there that can provide everything that an eventprof could need to cater for and invigorate guests there are also times when a higher level of flexibility and control is required. For such occasions, event planners can look to ‘dry hire’ a venue, which if planned carefully will offer the freedom they need to create a very special event.

Here are 10 things that we often do as #eventprofs that drive our venue partners super-crazy.

Last week we launched The Venue of The Future, a free report about how event professionals select venues. Here are 7 trends affecting venue selection. When carrying out the research for The Venue of the Future we looked at the answers of over 1,000 event professionals from around the world. For the first time, we […]

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When it comes to events, meetings and conferences, delegates are looking for a lot more than what happens on the tradeshow floor or during a keynote. The standard convention layout is changing – events today rely on a venue that offers flexibility with the opportunity to build experiences that extend beyond the event itself.

EventMB has already highlighted the impact of cool and unusual venues like art galleries, museums and other public buildings on event outcomes. But how cool and unusual would it be to host your events in private locations, not available to the general public at all?

Museums are not musty old buildings when #eventprofs get their hands on them. Here are 6 museum venues that provide an extraordinary thematic backdrop to deliver the story for your meeting or event.

While meetings and events are a normal part of everyone’s private and professional life, some of us are privileged to make our living in this sector. For us there’s both an art and a science to meeting and event planning and the choice of location or venue is crucial as it will inform so much of the event’s identity and impact so much on its outcome.