For meeting and event professionals in the association industry, stress is an expected outcome of the role.

One of most effective business tools for nurturing and developing partner relationships in the meetings industry is the Request for Proposal document. Here are tips on perfecting your next RFP.

Today’s typical meeting or conference is a dramatically different place than it was just 10 or 15 years ago…

Familiarization or FAM trips allow meeting planners to visit a destination and determine if it’s a good fit for future conferences or other events.

We spoke with five meeting planners and five hotel sales staffers to learn what lies at the core of this relationship and what it takes to make it work.

Planners continue to face critical challenges, ranging from meeting design and risk management to travel bans, technology and more.

“Meeting planners are high performers — we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, but that’s our nature.”