Data-Driven Decision Making for Exceptional Events
In today’s event industry, data-driven decision making is essential for creating impactful and profitable experiences. Using event data helps planners measure success, optimize resources, and refine future strategies. By focusing on both Return on Investment (ROI) and Return on Relationships (ROR), event professionals can build smarter, more meaningful events that deliver measurable results. Collecting and […]
KAREN L MAY
The Visionary Behind Scottsdale Private Event Venues Editor’s Note In a city defined by desert skies and limitless ambition, few people have transformed the Scottsdale landscape quite like Karen Leigh May. As the founder of Scottsdale Private Event Venues (SPEV), she has elevated hangar-based hospitality into a high-art form—where corporate experiences, luxury launches, and private […]
Stream your event without sacrificing live attendance
Stream your event without sacrificing live attendance Common sense has it that providing a live stream of your conference can kill rather than attract attendees to your conference. After all, if they can watch it at home why pay for a ticket and come along in person? Stream your event without sacrificing live attendance That […]
Create a Magical Winter Wonderland Event in Our Scottsdale Hangars
Looking to host a Winter Wonderland event like no other? Our large all-white hangars in Scottsdale offer the perfect setting. These spacious, bright venues provide a blank canvas for your winter-themed celebration. With sleek, modern architecture and an open layout, the space transforms into a magical winter escape. Picture frosty trees, twinkling lights, and snow-inspired […]
What Meeting Planners Expect of Venues of the Future
What Meeting Planners Expect of Venues of the Future. Earlier this year, IACC (formerly the International Association of Conference Centres, now officially referred to by its acronym alone) surveyed meeting planners and interviewed other meeting professionals to create a report on the “IACC Meeting Room of the Future.” What emerged is a picture of flexible spaces […]
Phoenix makes meetings memorable
Phoenix makes meetings memorable. Hotels and resorts bask in near-perpetual sunshine. Jaw-dropping sunsets paint the desert sky on a nightly basis. Phoenix Convention Center sits in the middle of a walkable downtown filled with independent restaurants, craft brewpubs and live-music venues as well as fabulous event venues. Phoenix makes meetings memorable Visit Phoenix’s sales staff […]
Prepared for Gun-Toting Attendees
Prepared for Gun-Toting Attendees. If you plan meetings for the National Rifle Association, you may not bat an eye at the idea of allowing attendees who are gun owners with permits to carry concealed weapons into your meeting space. This was the case at the NRA’s annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., in May. Only exceptions […]
9 Ways to Fix Your Boring Awards Dinner
Recently, Joe Schmelz, owner of Wolfgang Productions, and corporate entertainer Philip Myers led a breakout session about making awards dinners more compelling. To start things off, they asked audience members to call out the challenges they face. The list was long: same old thing, limited budget, poor sound, ballroom constraints, execs don’t want to change […]
A Sketchy Idea for Your Next Event
A Sketchy Idea for Your Next Event A New York City-based company has put a digital twist on what historically has been a crowd-pleaser at gatherings—live caricatures. Drawing portraits on paper using charcoal, the artists at NY Drawing Booth do them on iPad Pros with Apple Pencils.NY Drawing Booth is the brainchild of artist Elke Reva […]
Corporate Event Planning
With the addition of Corporate Event Planning our only desire is to provide you and your guests with a flawless culinary experience. Corporate Event Planning Highlighting sustainability produced, inventive and luscious menus. Providing the highest caliber of service in our industry, trend setting design and attention to every detail. Corporate Event Planning Five Star Exclusive […]