5 books event planners must read
For tens of thousands of years, books have remained the world’s leading source of education, self-improvement and professional development. Moving... Read More
Browsing Opinion
Let’s reboot green thinking
Sustainability is an important issue for event managers and organisers. We only need to look around us to see the... Read More
Time’s up! How to keep your conference on schedule
I’d like to take a long, hard look at long hard looks and discuss length, at length. For example: What... Read More
Dreamtime awakens in Adelaide
Adelaide – the “City of Churches” – rolled out the red carpet in early December for more than a hundred... Read More
Q&A with Pacific World’s Selina Chavry
How have you found the transition to global managing director of Pacific World? What are your plans going forward for... Read More
Stay defiant by meeting wherever you choose
Business and events travel has found itself in the spectre of a distinctly obvious threat in the wake of Paris. ... Read More
Do you really understand your MICE customer?
It’s the oldest saying in marketing that you need to know your customer. Yet I continue to see hotels, venues... Read More
Sinister budget plays and other dark arts
ITB Asia proved to be the Grand Central of travel, hospitality and business event shows this year. Seminars, briefings and... Read More
Presentations that pack a punch
If you have ever watched the show Mad Men, about New York advertising executives in the 1960s, you will notice... Read More
The art of motivational speaking
The details of a corporate gathering may be forgotten but delegates frequently remember a meaningful and motivational speech. We have... Read More