Online Exclusives+

Exotic and Extreme
Corporate groups are reaching new heights in their team-building endeavors. By Gary Tufel

Smooth Sailing
by Jessica States

Intimate Venues, Massive City
By Rowland Stiteler

Annual Trade Show Bonds Southeast
Asian Nations as Single Destination
10 Destinations Developing a Single Vision
By Bruce Northam

Features+

Justified
Shrinking budgets and greater scrutiny force planners worldwide to prove the value of meetings and events.

Setting the Stage
Important theaters worldwide help inspire planners to create one-of-a-kind experiences.

Love Thy Neighbor
Optimizing the Positive and Minimizing the Negative Impact of Large Events

Requested to be Your Friend
The reality-meets-virtual-meets-reality hybridization taking place in the ever-growing maelstrom of social networking Web sites presents challenges and, if used effectively, great rewards for meeting professionals.

Riddle Me This
Not a prophet or practitioner of the dark arts, futurist Richard Watson unravels the future with logic.

Destinations+

Saving the Show
An 11th-hour action plan preserves a 100,000-plus attendance level for a Las Vegas automotive exhibition.

Wishes Can Come True
The Autism Society of America's annual meeting finds a helpful hand in Orlando for attendees with diverse physical, behavioral and dietary needs.

Homework Pays Off
Copenhagen proves to be a perfect match for one group that has outgrown its usual location.

Columns and Departments+

In It Together
Editor's Note

The Energy of Many
Global Update from the CEO of MPI

Meetings Impact
Miranda Ioannou
Global View

Trade Show Addict
Tony Carey
Across the Bow

LinkedIn 101—Even If You're Not Job Hunting
Patrick O'Malley
Open-Source Everything

Speakers Rehab
Tim Sanders
Transform the World