The health care meetings landscape is changing at a staggering pace

Is there a secret to climbing the ladder of success?

In order to thrive and to succeed at the highest levels, humans need to balance work and play — not just in everyday work and life but also at business meetings and conventions.

A saying among professional negotiators is, “Whoever is talking the most is probably losing.”

Five-star service, built-in entertainment, better control of costs and that ever-elusive element of focus that a captive audience provides — these are some of the key reasons meeting planners cite when discussing programs based on cruise ships.

When a meeting planner is tasked with planning an incentive — a reward that checks all the boxes in fulfilling an attendee’s dreams and desires — one prime-time piece of this puzzle is the destination.

The concept of the gender pay gap has long been a point of contention across all industries and within businesses of all sizes.

IMEX America, the largest meetings industry trade show in the U.S., will be bigger than ever September 10-12 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian® | The Palazzo® in Las Vegas.

You already have a job as a meeting/event planner. It’s even possible to move up in your company over the coming months and years if you work hard.

Asking planners what their biggest challenges are is like asking a firefighter what’s the most difficult part of responding to and extinguishing a multiple-alarm office building fire.