Join us for the latest episode with Norma Dean, Director of Specialty Sales from Delta Air Lines. She explains to us the importance of partnerships and why Delta keeps climbing and adding perks for its meeting attendees, business travelers and all Sky Miles members. Norma discusses her rule of 3: Partnerships, Technology and The Power of Connectivity. 

This latest episode features Christine Wassell from Radisson Hotel Group and two BCD M&E colleagues, Jon Harrison (Supplier Relations) and Heather Thompson (Venue Search Operations) chatting about  their perspective around contracting tips and tricks in a post-pandemic world. Learn what they believe drives the best types of partnerships and see if you pick up a tip or two. 

Special thanks to Radisson Hotel Group for participating in this conversation with us. 

Join us for a quick chat about Destinations West, a recent conference I attended hosted by Northstar Meetings Group. I chat with Managing Editor, Sally Braley about the evolution of the event and why planners and suppliers should participate.  

Listen to the latest chatter with creative genius, Taylor Smith, Executive Creative Director of BCD's Production & Content team. Learn what's trending in production, what we wish would go away and what Taylor thinks about AI affecting our industry. We discuss contracting tips, budgeting, trends, creative ideas Taylor's seen onsite recently and much more. Don't miss this episode. Anyone planning a live meeting should listen to this for inspiration on how to make their next event stand out. 

Learn more about what's new in the Luxury Hotel space with  guest podcaster Amy Butterfield of Preferred Travel Group. She discusses some new destinations clients might not have previously considered and tells our listeners about some of their properties:  The Brando, andBeyond Lodges, Three Camel Lodge, Global Ambassador Hotel, Pendry Washington DC, Amrit Ocean Resort, El Fuerte Marbella and Aurora Anguilla.

This episode features guest Nate Childress who joins the podcast to discuss a hot topic in the meetings industry - small meetings or simple meetings. We discuss how small meetings are defined, is there value to those smaller meetings and much more. 

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A recap of 2022 - what should we keep? What we would like to forget about. 

Guest Becky Vodilko, Director of Operations for Venue Search + Meeting Solutions from BCD Meetings & Events shares her insight into some of the best and worst trends in the meeting industry from this past year.