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10 Tips For A “Greener” Meeting
Make presentation handouts available online, send them electronically on request after the meeting or copy them onto reused floppy disks to distribute. When needed, print handout materials on both the front and back sides of the paper. Reduce paper ...
Large Markets Weigh In – Sizing Up Large Market Travel Buyers
Large market buyers, even without the volume advantages of the largest travel buyers, are keeping hotel rates under control by boosting compliance, compiling data to benchmark their performance by city, following such best practices as vendor consoli...
Happy Thanksgiving From iGroupNews
All of us at iGroupNews would like to wish all of you, your family, and loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving!!! We hope and pray that you will continue to endeavor to grow, be successful and make a difference in someone else’s life. We are thankful...
Marriott Meeting Planner Promo – Charlotte, NC
Meeting planners who need to book a meeting in North Carolina before the end of the year can earn big rewards and value-added benefits if they take advantage of Marriott’s Meetings Matter Promotion for meetings booked at the Charlotte Marriott City...
Would Longer Bar Hours Combat Atlanta’s ‘Boring?’
Yesterday we reported in Meeting Planner Poll Gives Atlanta Mixed Review that meeting planners gave Atlanta a mixed review when responding to a ‘Metropoll’ issued by the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. Today, Duffie Dixon with 1...
‘Price Of Hotel Rooms’ #1 Criteria For Selecting A Meeting Facilitiy
Hotel managers are not the only party at the negotiating table struggling to control costs and operate within the limits of austere budgets. Meeting planners have also been given the challenge of setting up effective events at the least possible cost...

