Vince Alonzo

Incentives

Incentive Research Foundation Study Finds Strong Demand For Incentive Travel

New Study Also Finds Service Level Gap Still Exists According to a recent Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) survey, the outlook for incentive travel remains strong, with most respondents expecting incentive travel to increase or hold steady through 2024. The IRF’s new study, Incentive Travel Programs – Expectations & Challenges examines how ready the industry is […]

Destinations

Maui Reopens To Visitors

Amidst the tragedy, the spirit of Maui remains strong On October 8th, West Maui accommodations began to reopen to visitors again with the exception of Lahaina. In West Maui, recent wildfires have resulted in the devastating loss of loved ones, homes, cultural and historical sites, and businesses in Lahaina. Lahaina will remain fully closed to […]

Best Practices

Keep Your Fall Event COVID-19 and Flu Free

Should your event attendees get double-vaxed this fall? September and October have traditionally been the big months for flu shots. This time frame is also prime time for COVID-19 boosters in a post-pandemic world. For organizations hosting meetings and events this fall, the question is: Should we encourage attendees to get flu shots and COVID-19 […]

Technology

How To Measure the Effectiveness of Hybrid Events

You’ve added a virtual component to your live event. Now what? The technology to execute virtual and hybrid events has been around for quite some time. But the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the widespread adoption of this practice. Prior to the pandemic, hybrid events were still relatively new and uncommon. The […]

Industry Experts

Dealing With the Boss From Hell

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” That line is one of the most famous sentences in literature. It is the opening of Leo Tolstoy’s novel, Anna Karenina. It is also one of the reasons why it is so hard for organizations to manage toxic bosses. Each toxic boss […]

Destinations

Las Vegas Loop Expands to the Strip

Tunnel Vision. Meetings attendees will soon have an easy way to beat the heat when traveling from one attraction to another up and down the Las Vegas Strip. They’ll do it underground in Tesla vehicles. Since launching the Loop underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center ((LVCC) in January of 2021, the system connects the LVCC […]

Destinations

10 Great Rooftop Bars In NYC

Start Spreading the Views The concept of rooftop bars first began to emerge in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when new technologies allowed for the construction of taller buildings. As the skyline of cities rose, people began to take advantage of the added elevation by constructing bars on the rooftops of buildings. The […]

Industry

The New Rules of Event Planning

Today, my local newsfeed blew up with a story about a simple give away event organized by a popular social media influencer in New York City.

Event Design

3 Things Missing From Most RFPs

The RFP is the place where every meeting or event comes to life. It's also the place where most can begin to go wrong. When considering all the elements that need to come together to create a successful event, it's easy to miss a few.

Industry Experts

The Old Normal

Welcome to MeetingsEvents.com, a new online source of news and information for the meetings and events industry. Some of you may remember me as the former editor-in-chief of both Successful Meetings and Incentive magazines.