Articles tagged “meeting planning”

CSM, CVB, DMC. Beginner planners face an alphabet soup of acronyms. These 25 terms will get you off to a strong start — and there are hundreds more where they came from.

Compliance issues and transparency demands make medical and pharma meetings among the most complicated and challenging types of events to plan.

Some of the most important considerations when you visit a property are more subtle than specs.

Even if they don't have a team at the office, meeting planners are the leaders of their events, says Agnès Canonica, our February Woman Leader in Meetings.

The nonprofit Tourism Cares is looking to take the hassle out of finding socially conscious activities, if planners are willing to search beyond their usual channels.

Timing can make or break your event. If there is a conflict with holidays, cultural observances, or seasonal breaks, attendance, engagement, and overall success may be affected. Use this 2027 guide to plan strategically and maximize your event’s impact.

Building attendees’ commitment to your event and educating them on the implications of canceling feeds their “meeting-decline guilt” and can stop them from changing their plans.

Contracts are a planner’s first line of defense against extra costs on everything from rates to F&B — and those annoying hidden fees.

Treating every interaction as an opportunity to make people feel seen and valued, a tenet of the bestselling book by Will Guidara, applies as much to meetings and incentives as it does to restaurants and hotels.

With so many industry events — from conferences to hosted buyer trips to fams — has it become too much of a good thing?