All posts by Phelps R. Hope

Whether you are meeting in the EU or have EU citizens on your attendance roster at a U.S.-based meeting, the same precautions must be taken to protect personal information or penalties may result.

The meetings and conferences industry saw many changes in 2017 and that trend continues through next year.

Take a sigh of relief that this new generation values what you do, but don’t grow complacent. Keep your old playbooks intact, but get ready to make some changes to them.

The technology is flashy and getting flashier, and the result is meetings that better meet attendees’ needs.

Planners must prepare for a range of threats that vary according to the destination.

Planning international meetings can be a heavy lift, regardless of the destination. But certain considerations can make it a lot easier.

With the surprise thaw in diplomatic relations in December 2014, meetings insiders are scoping out the potential for bringing events to Cuba.

Many of the world’s emerging global destinations are debuting on the national stage at a time when the meetings industry itself is bustling.

Even for event planning veterans, drawing an international audience is a challenge.

Gone are the days of waiting by the phone for the hotel salesperson to call you back. In an up economy (or seller’s market), they’ve got RFPs flowing onto their desks and into their email inbox and are able to cherry pick those that best benefit the hotel, and your lower-budgeted gathering is now at the bottom of the pile.