Wednesday, May 14, 2025

PLANNING

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Get Inspired With These Planner Must-Reads

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters  by Priya Parker “Every day we find ourselves in gatherings,” Priya Parker says in...

On the Straits and Narrow in St. Ignace

The first European settlers arrived in what is now called St. Ignace—named for St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus religious order—in...

Graffiti Murals From Rebel Nell

Bring out meeting attendees’ inner artists with Detroit-based jewelry boutique Rebel Nell, founded in 2013 by Amy Peterson and Diana Roginson. Planners might book...

One Big Michigan Family at IMEX

When it comes to promoting Michigan as a destination for meetings and events, it is a group effort. This was especially apparent last October...
Rendering of The Vanguard Ann Arbor, Autograph Collection, lobby

The Vanguard Hotel Expands Ann Arbor Options

The Vanguard Ann Arbor, Autograph Collection, is expected to add a new dimension to the city’s downtown hospitality scene when it opens this spring...

For a Picture-Perfect Setting, Just Add Lavender

When spring turns into summer, fragrant purple shoots grow into a pretty-as-a-picture backdrop for group outings to lavender farms. At Lavender Hill Farm in...

New Digital Marketing Tool

Brighton-based digital marketing agency TwoSix Digital is offering destination marketing organizations (DMOs) and their members a program to help better reach meeting planners and...

If the Software Fits …

Finding the right software for your event-management needs might take trial and error, but some planners have found it well worth the effort. For...

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