Spice up your meetings by integrating these local flavors of the South

These Southern venues make creative places to meet

These resorts welcome meetings with Southern elegance

In the light of soaring airline prices and ever-increasing fees, the nature of leisure travel is changing. Though this season saw near-record numbers of passengers traveling on Thanksgiving, families are often looking to take their vacations at off-peak times or to unexpected and thus inexpensive destinations. Bringing the family along for an extra couple of days before or after a corporate or association meeting isn’t new. It’s an easy way to maximize budget and minimize use […]

Dine amidst one of America’s best collections of rare and luxury cars. Enjoy a private park in the city that CNN Money named the best place to live in America. Treat your attendees to Irish dancing 101. These sound like the kind of experiences available to meeting planners in major cities, right? Not at all. Surprising venues and activities await in many suburban meeting destinations. Meetings planners have located meetings in the […]

Study after study confirms that people learn and engage best outside, and not just because of the fresh air. Natural light, the abundant space and the tones and movement of vegetation and water have a profound psychological effect on our ability to stay focused and be creative. Smart hoteliers have realized that the typical low ceilinged subterranean meetings spaces are not what meeting planners are yearning for today, and they have risen to the occasion. Since […]