Stronger Together: The CVB-Planner Connection
March 18, 2025
When it comes to planning a successful event, the relationship between a meeting planner and the host city’s convention and visitors bureau (CVB) is the ultimate power partnership.
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PCMA and Gevme’s Project Spark to analyze the impact of AI on business events
June 5, 2023
PCMA/CEMA and event marketing and management platform Gevme have launched Project Spark, a research and educational initiative aiming to analyze the impact of generative AI on the business events industry.
Eventbrite adds ChatGPT-powered tools to assist event planners
May 16, 2023
Eventbrite has added new ChatGPT-powered tools to assist event planners with tasks such as event details, social media ads, and email campaigns.
Hyatt offers planners resources and information with Event Experience Guides
April 18, 2023
Hyatt Hotels has announced Together by Hyatt’s new Event Experience Guides designed to provide meeting planners with a wide variety of resources and information.
Breakout Session: Taylor Estes, Co-founder & CEO, Apple Box Solutions
July 6, 2021
Taylor Estes and her husband Joseph started their company, Apple Box Solutions, in 2012. Apple Box is a boutique, Atlanta-based production agency offering consultation, experience design, and production management for live events. Taylor took time from her packed schedule to speak with us about the …
Going solo: Creative single-serve F&B options in a post-COVID world
June 16, 2021
Just as with every other facet of events, COVID-19 has forced planners to change how they think about food and beverage.
Protected: Blount County, Tenn. offering planners a destination “close to home”
June 15, 2020
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Rendezvous South 2020 Scores High Praise From Attendees
April 14, 2020
Great networking opportunities; a relaxed environment for meet-ups; unique venues for off-site events; and a wonderful and welcoming host destination. These aspects of Rendezvous South 2020 (RS 2020), held March 2 to 4 in Winston-Salem, N.C., received the highest praise from participants. It was the sixth edition of the popular event, produced by ConventionSouth magazine.
Stonebridge Buys Le Meridien New Orleans Hotel
January 10, 2020
Stonebridge Companies has bought the 410-room Le Meridien New Orleans hotel for $84 million, the group’s third acquisition in the New Orleans market. Le Meridien has more than 13,000 square feet of event space and is near the French Quarter, Bourbon Street and Warehouse Arts District.
Stayker: Hotel Booking Startup Aims to Reduce Risk for Event Planners
November 20, 2019
Charlotte, N.C. — A new travel software company called Stayker may help reduce risk for event planners by sidestepping some of the back-and-forth required when they are booking and negotiating rooms.
