Sep 19, 2017
Corporate Event News (www.CorporateEventNews.com) is a newly launched web site and enewsletter for corporate event professionals .
We hope you find Corporate Event News to be a valuable news source for corporate event planning, marketing, event technology, people and development, destinations and venues and overall industry news.
This new online hub for industry news, insights, and original content will focus on the information, education and tools for high level corporate meeting and event marketers.
Led by Rachel Wimberly, 7-year president and editor-in-chief for TSNN and newly… more
Sep 15, 2017
New York Life, the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, recently showed how an
event cancellation could be turned into an opportunity to do good.
New York Life’s 2017 Executive Council Meeting was scheduled to be held at the Austin Convention
Center at the end of August. With the approach of hurricane Harvey, the corporation opted to cancel
the event for the sake of safety.
Typically, late cancellations mean that money contractually obligated for meeting space, food and
beverage, and hotel rooms is lost, and often space goes unused.
Rather than letting the space… more
Sep 04, 2017
Global event management and solutions firm AlliedPRA has acquired Briggs, a New York City-based event and destination management company.
The acquisition is intended to help AlliedPRA grow and expand its reach in the competitive NYC marketplace.
Briggs President Anthony Napoli will continue to lead the Briggs team under the Briggs brand, now owned and operated as an AlliedPRA Company.
“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish!” Napoli said. “The Briggs team takes enormous pride in the successful business and relationships we have built over the last 35 years in the greatest city in… more
Partner Voices
Just when it seems like Las Vegas can’t get any bigger, brighter or more exciting for groups, MGM Resorts raises the bar again. The company continues to invest and innovate across its portfolio of Las Vegas resorts, with new attractions and upgraded experiences for attendees of all interests.
Remodeled Guest Rooms
MGM Grand is the largest single hotel in the world with over 5,000 guest rooms and an 850,000-square-foot conference center. It is home to the newly remodeled MGM Grand Studio Tower—700 reimagined guest rooms with a fun mid-century vibe. Nearby, the iconic New York-New York Las more