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How the International Baking Industry Expo Keeps from Getting Stale
For coal miners, it was a canary that warned of trouble. For the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), it was the Twinkie. When Hostess, the venerable snack food’s parent company, declared
How Do You Handle Special-Meal Requests?
With a growing number of special-meal requests, meeting planners are getting creative to accommodate the needs and preferences of attendees with food allergies or lifestyle and religious dietary restrictions.
‘Your Reservation May Be in Jeopardy’
How one housing-pirate company is duping registrants out of their hotel rooms — as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars — by using fake websites.
8 Steps To Stop Room Block Predators from Poaching Your International Attendees
International attendees make a big impact on the success of medical congress. With that in mind, meeting planners must take extra steps to ensure these international attendees feel satisfied. And that starts with helping them navigate to their temporary home: the official housing block.
Poachers: Putting the ‘Arrr!’ in Room Block
When Lisa Mikita, CMP, CAE, started her new job at the American Foundry Society (AFS) this past fall, she had a new office, a new title — trade show and
How to Protect Your Room Block from Pirates
Pirates, poachers, room block bullies. These companies may be called different names, but every planner can agree that they represent big problems.