All posts by Keith Loria

Over the years, food waste solutions in meetings and events have evolved from simply asking attendees to be mindful to more innovative practices.

The hospitality industry has lived through its worst-case scenario with the pandemic and now seems to be doing better than ever. This is, in part, due to hotels implementing changes that continue to entice meeting planners today: cleanliness protocols, efficient check-in protocols and sustainability solutions, among others. Here’s a look at how hotel brands have […]

Planners who apply their experience and creativity to events are seeing success by putting in the hard work, especially when it comes to sorting out budgets after the pandemic.

It’s no surprise that Florida continues to be a top destination for meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries, as the state offers ideal weather, plenty of activities and some of the most advanced places to host events.

New Orleans is famously known as the home of the Mardi Gras festival, but also is a cultural hot bed for food, music and culture 365 days a year, making it an attractive city to host any event.

Meeting planners are in charge of a host of things: scheduling, conflicts and ensuring attendance, to name a few. To do those things correctly, it’s crucial they stay organized, remain level headed and not become overwhelmed.

For any meeting, conference or event held today, it’s critical that planners consider everyone who may be in attendance, and that requires being ADA compliant so all attendees can have a positive experience.

When planners are negotiating contracts for an insurance or financial meeting — or really any convention or event where they are in charge — it’s important they have all their ducks in a row to ensure that no legal issues pop up unexpectedly.

When people think of Orlando, they envision Mickey Mouse, theme parks and family fun, but there’s more to the area than just these popular attractions.

They say the colors of Puerto Rico are perfect for inspiration, combining the green to encourage balance, blue to improve performance, red to increase energy and orange to promote enthusiasm.