Are Planners Really Going High-Tech?

Despite the fact that the Meetings & Exhibitions Technology Conference (METCON), held in Rosemont, IL, in April, was a technology conference, only 21 registrants, or about 4.4 percent, registered via the Internet. That's going to change, experts forecast. In five to six years, the Internet will replace the fax as the method for conference registration and room reservations, predicted Edward Harris, executive vice president, I.T.S. Inc., a housing company in Deerfield, IL.