Meeting planners have recently cited rising food costs as a key budget challenge for events in 2024, and navigating this requires creative planning techniques that range from grazing tables to choosing the right event time.
Laura Kielbasa, conference and events planner at MRA — the management association, invites other planning professionals to find the right fit.
Wisconsin has plenty of venues that add an extra wave of fun to meetings and events with on-site or nearby water attractions and activities.
This new upscale, all-suite hotel scores big with an ideal location, great views and a first-class menu for meetings of any size.
From Madison to Lake Geneva, pickleball is in serious demand — giving meeting planners new ways to score fun for event attendees.
Nearly doubling its size to become the state’s largest convention center, this new destination boasts flexible outdoor meeting space, a chef’s tasting room, and both eco-friendly and inclusionary elements, enticing meeting planners to pre-book years out.
Creative spaces, natural surroundings and walkability keep this locale a return favorite for many meeting planners.
Wisconsin offers a plethora of splendid spots complete with accoutrements that surprise and delight at every turn.
Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), set for Thursday, April 11, is an international day of advocacy that seeks to showcase the “undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences and conventions bring to people, businesses and communities.” Learn about easy ways to engage in the event here.
Take a look at the highlights from the 2024 State of the Meetings Industry annual report from Knowland and ConferenceDirect.
As we begin 2024, incentives and recognition, including travel incentives, continue to be important tools for organizations.
In an effort to answer some of the lurking curiosities, Freeman, a global event and event service provider, recently released its Freeman Trends Report, “2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior.”
Carrie Jensen, event manager for the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, tells us how small gestures make a big impact.
Navigating and negotiating contracts within the meetings and events sector is part art, part science.
Planners can boost event safety and security by asking the right questions, developing partnerships and creating safety guidelines and checklists.
