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Meeting Hotels: Many Options in NYC When There are "Too Many" People

If you are running a major corporate meeting or convention with 1,000 attendees or more, it is not always possible to accommodate the...

Hotel News: Meet at the Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn

We are really excited to see one of the most historic hotel venues in Brooklyn ready to go full-throttle in its reopening this year. It...

Meeting Breaks and Gala Deserts on Ice: The Cream is Getting Crazy!

If your destination corporate meeting attendees are here in New York City being served basic vanilla ice cream at either a meeting break...

Meeting Breaks: Go With Mobile Juicing!

While juicing has been a trend for a few years in New York, we have never seen an option for destination corporate meetings that takes...

Event Decor: Crystallize Gala Red Carpet Entrances

Have you noticed there is a "step-and-repeat" at almost every event and venue entrance now? This concept, originally conceived to...

After-Hours Events With Salvador Dali by the NYC High Line

If you love surrealist guru Salvador Dali, then you'll love a new venue opening by New York City's High Line that will feature a...

Hudson Yards Continues to Offer New Event Venues

The new Hudson Yards super-development on the West Side of Manhattan is rolling out more venues that are ideal for corporate events. We...

Zagat's "Best Burger" Expands to Brooklyn's Barclays Center

Brooklyn has been so hot for destination corporate meetings that some of Manhattan's top food venues have expanded across the East River...

Roman-Inspired, Artistic Events in NYC

For groups up to 250 attendees, we have found an ideal hospitality and event venue in Manhattan that features a unique Roman-inspired...

Hotel News: Luxury Boutique in Greenwich Village, NYC Wows Us

If you want an idea of how much the middle of Greenwich Village is transforming itself, then look no further than this luxury boutique we...

Team-Building: Learn from Neapolitan Pizza Purists in Manhattan

We have seen multiple twists on pizza-making in New York, and the newest one we found is a Neapolitan-lover's dream. The proprietors...

Freeze Your Meeting Breaks With an Old Favorite

If we told you how any meeting break treat is "the new this or that", all of our heads would be spinning. But we found an old favorite,...

Corporate Retreats and Tastings: Meet in a Treehouse

If you were the kid who plotted world domination in a treehouse with your friends, you might love knowing the concept isn't exactly dead...

Executive Dinners and Retreats: 19-Course Scandinavian Tasting in New York

While we have seen lots of courses on tasting menus in New York City, the 19 offered at one Michelin-starred venue in Williamsburg can...

It's All Greek to Your Wine Tasting

We are seeing that Greek wines tend to be ridiculously underrated, which means that any venue that offers that kind of tasting event is a...