National Restaurant Trends Meeting and event planners looking for dining facilities to add to their business itineraries are faced with two key factors: budget and client satisfaction. Several restaurant insiders have put together their own lists of 2009 restaurant trends and from their expertise, we’ve formed our own perspective as to which dining...
Hire a Public Relations Company and Avoid a Meeting Meltdown The fabulously inexpensive caterer you hired is running 40 minutes late, your florist overcharged by an obscene amount and the proposed menu included the words finger and food-together. To make matters worse, the full house you had expected looks more like a handful of close friends or a deserted scene...
Measuring Success with Phillips ROI Methodology Gone are the days when the typical business meeting planner was given a budget, asked to organize an event and when all was said and done, simply added the cost to the company’s year-end marketing expenses. With new federal legislation being passed that demands greater accountability for corporate spending, meeting...