In This Issue
February 2018
In Smart Meetings' February issue, don't miss our feature spilling the secrets of top planners with tips and trick you're going to love. Don't miss our coverage of the "well-being wars," where hotels are competing to keep meetings healthy.
This issue also explores the gorgeous Bahamas and Caribbean, enchanting New Mexico, Mid-America's sprawl, and more. Don't forget to check out our seven ways to design cross-generational meetings so you can stop catering to millennials!
Smart Meetings is an event planning publication covering meetings, industry news, including expert opinions and interviews, topical articles, coverage of destinations and venues in the U.S and worldwide, and features stories on incentive, corporate, government and association meetings.
Features
February 20, 2018
Health and WellnessThe Well-Being Wars
There I was, on the battle’s front line. My coordinates: room 1664, Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco. Outside, all seemed calm. In fact, the view was lovely. But inside, I…
February 13, 2018
TrendsThe Future Belongs to Perennials
Stop worrying about millennials. That’s the advice of meetings veteran Mike Dominguez for event professionals struggling to design gatherings relevant to a new generation of attendees. As chief sales officer…
October 21, 2019
SourcingDowntown Meetings Show Their Urban Green
As America’s downtown districts keep evolving, they offer more options than ever for environmentally friendly meetings. These major downtown hubs show off how their grass is greener and their meetings…
March 15, 2018
StrategyTips, Tricks and Tools We Love
Event professionals have long had to fill a company directory of job titles, from CMO and CFO to CGP (chief garbage picker-upper) and occasionally, therapist. But today’s planner is almost…
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March 7, 2018
TrendsQ&A with Jim Wood, President and CEO of Meet AC
Meeting destinations ebb and flow, and that couldn’t ring any truer for Atlantic City. After undergoing a period of economic struggles, the “Vegas of the East” has re-emerged as much…
February 21, 2018
TechnologyTech Savvy Ways to Check-In
The on-demand culture is infiltrating travel, hospitality and events. Walking up to a counter or desk to check in is becoming obsolete. Here are a few ways meeting professionals and…
February 27, 2018
Smart Style5 Gifts That Will Make You Fall in Love
Treat yourself or a loved one to any of these gifts that you will just fall in love with!
February 16, 2018
Strategy4 Tips for Making Incentive Travel Meaningful
Rewarding sales success is one of the few universally accepted rules for ensuring continued high performance. While an Aberdeen Research study showed that all top companies offer group travel incentives,…
February 16, 2018
Food and Beverage5 Hotels Serving Mighty Meat
Vegans and vegetarians, kindly avert your glance. Even as meeting attendees clamor for ever-more healthy dining and chefs find new ways to deliver huge flavor with plant-based creations, counterpoint is…
October 21, 2019
TrendsLove in All the Right Places
Looking to fall in love with your next meeting location? The RFP Whisperer teamed up with Cupid to share our thoughts on loving your next destination. Working with the sourcing…
February 12, 2018
TrendsThe Rapid Rise of Transformative Meetings
Not so long ago, meetings and conferences were pretty much all straight-forward business, organized in a somewhat standard itinerary format that included long sessions and breaks offering generally unhealthy food…
October 17, 2019
Contracts & NegotiationsHow to Negotiate Like an Event Boss
As expectations for extravagant meetings balloon and budgets shrink, event professionals need to wring every drop of value they can out of their resources. One of the biggest expenses is…
February 9, 2018
Health and WellnessLife’s a Beach
While the world is fighting over sand, The Ranch at Laguna Beach is making its own and moving toward a sustainability-focused future that everyone can enjoy.
March 19, 2018
Brilliant ExperiencesEngineering a Lounge that Fosters Global Unity
Pyrotek, an aluminum engineering company, needed a sales conference that would bring employees together for a face-to-face meeting to empower employees scattered all over the world to work as teams…
Notes from the Road
January 13, 2020
SourcingHeartbeat of Middle America
Music strikes an elemental chord: We listen, we hum its melodies and respond to its rhythms. The genre may be individual, but the appeal is universal. It’s part of the…
March 6, 2018
UncategorizedSmart Dispatch: Memories of Hawaii
It began with a purification ceremony before sunrise. Cross-legged, we sat facing the endless ocean, as wavelets lapped Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. The chant began.
March 6, 2018
SourcingEscape the Meeting Room in Reno/Tahoe
We are living in a polarized world with extreme opinions on every side. Divides in taste, preference and lifestyle can cross over to the event world, leaving you with difficult…
March 1, 2018
SourcingNew Mexico: Still Enchanting After All These Years
You could call New Mexico the “Land of Enchantment” and leave it at that. After all, it does have magical, rose-colored deserts and snow-capped peaks, where ski buffs flock to…
February 23, 2018
SourcingVirginia’s Sizzling Culinary Scene
Virginia is for Lovers—food lovers, that is. From deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where organic produce pairs well with aged country ham and homemade biscuits, to the seafood bonanza…
February 22, 2018
InternationalTaking a Deep Dive on the Islands
Boasting some of the world’s most spectacular resorts, meeting spaces and attractions, the Caribbean and the Bahamas have long been among the favorite meeting spots for groups. The islands also…
January 13, 2020
SourcingArizona: Meeting Spaces in Unusual Places
Arizona is different than other states. The land is different, ranging from the most magnificent canyon in the world to stone spires that pierce the brilliant blue skies like ancient…
January 2, 2019
SourcingAtlantic City: Boardwalk Empire Strikes Back
In the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, King George sings “oceans rise, empires fall” in the song “You’ll Be Back.” In plucky Atlantic City, once the tide subsided, the empire struck…
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