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Planning a virtual event takes as much, and at times more, time and energy as planning a live event. Venues, speakers, and sponsors for virtual events are hot topics of conversation right now, and I'm sharing the tips you need to be successful.

Virtual Events Change the Venue, Not the Process Given the restrictions on large gatherings and uncertainty about when those restrictions will be lifted, many clients are asking about virtual events. A common misconception is that we can just throw the speakers up on Zoom or GotoMeeting, and call it a day. I cringe when I hear that and immediately...

Can I negotiate a cancellation fee? What do I tell my attendees? These are two of the top questions I'm answering for clients.

Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Event Cancellations We are now 2+ months into this global pandemic, and the world of event planners is still being turned upside down every day. A common mentality in March was to postpone events “to the spring” since spring would be long after a 2-week lockdown. At that time, it was very difficult to tell clients ...

With new guidelines that now last through April 30, here are 10 things you need to know about canceling, postponing, and rescheduling your spring meetings and events due to COVID-19 concerns.

10 Tips from an Event Planner on COVID-19 Cancellation, Postponement and Rescheduling When it comes to planning events, I thought I had seen it all. But in 20 years as a professional event strategist, my worst-case scenarios for what could go wrong never contemplated the effects of a worldwide pandemic. Fortunately, years of practice in responding to the unexpected have prepared me a...

Join and this Monday for a city-wide virtual summit to keep your business viable during these uncertain times! And stay tuned for more info, as our fearless leader will be presenting later in the week!

Traveling this holiday season? Check out my 7 tips to make your airport experience as stress-free as possible ... including the first item you should take out of your bag when it's over the weight limit...

7 Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Travel Managing events all of the country (and world!) for my clients means that I spend a lot of time in airports. A. LOT. OF TIME. Like everyone who travels frequently for work, I have my fair share of airport horror stories. But over the years, I have learned many tips and tricks that will help avoid mo...

We work hard AND play hard!! Thanks for this amazing activation, and thanks for welcoming us as part of your team for this event!

Most of the time, I have an immediate reaction to Pantone's Color of the Year. But 2019's choice of Living Coral was different; it made me pause and think. The words Pantone chose for the announcement seemed to be the same words many would choose to describe "an ideal life."​ But what does that really mean?
http://www.perfection-events.com/post/our-living-coral%E2%80%8B-journey

"Travel supports $2.4 trillion in economic activity and one in nine American jobs, and is a top-10 employer in 49 states, so any slowdown in that sector risks an economic cost that could be felt in every corner of the country.”

The Impact of the 2019 Government Shutdown on the Travel and Meetings Industry When we started talking about a blog that focused on how the travel and hospitality industries are impacted by the current government shutdown, it sounded like a familiar conversation. And it was, because we wrote about the same topic here and here just over 5 years ago.

The Holiday Season is so YUMMY!! Thanks to our friends at we look forward to great fun during the Los Angeles events in 2019!

With less than 24 hours until Thanksgiving, we're all focused on the food today! Here's a sneak peek at the forecasted F&B trends for 2019. Which one are you most looking forward to?

Looking Forward to (Most of) the 2019 Food Trends We recently came across the Meetings & Conventions article that forecasts the top food trends of 2019, and while there are many that leave us counting down the days until 2019, there is one that leaves us saying “no, thank you,” and one that just makes us say “NO” (in all caps).