February 1, 2005 AM
Cover Story
A Better Way to Connect?
Few would argue that milling about at coffee breaks or walking endless aisles of eager exhibitors are the most efficient ways of networking. Yet that's...
First
Seeking to Lead on Industry Issues
Research, industry advocacy, and education are the cornerstones of the Professional Convention Management Association's new strategic plan, which looks...
EXHIBITION INDUSTRY TRENDS: These Are the Good Old Days
The days of relentless growth in trade show attendance are behind us, declared Douglas L. Ducate, president and CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry...
AM INDEX: FEBRUARY 2005
Number of attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center last month: 120,000...
Headquarters Hotels and Convention Centers
What's happening with headquarters hotels in major U.S. cities...
Delta Drops Meeting Fares What's Next?
In late January, two days after Delta Air Lines mailed a form letter to its meeting planner customers announcing the demise of the Delta Meeting Network,...
people IN THE NEWS
JOHN G. REYES, vice president of sales at the San Diego CVB since 1997, has been hired as the president of the Jacksonville & the Beaches CVB. He fills...
One Planner's Story
While organizing the 17th World Conference of Family Doctors, known as Wonca 2004, which took place in Orlando this past October, Sondra Biggs, CMP, director,...
Solutions
Bring New Life to Meetings
As staffers filed into the conference room, some joked, others spoke in hushed tones, and a few buried their faces in their PDAs. This was to be a routine...
Dr. Meeting
Patrick Lencioni has sat through too many lethal meetings in his corporate career. In fact, that's one of the main reasons he left the corporate career...
What's in Your e-Mail?
The CAN-SPAM Act went into effect January 1, restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail and imposing stiff penalties for violations. The Act defines unsolicited...
Cut Costs, Not Quality
Meeting planners often ask me, What on earth do I include in the budget? The answer is very easy: If you have historical data from a similar event, you're...
Features
Politically Speaking
While giving a recent wrap-up on the election and its effects on issues relating to travel and tourism, Rick Webster, director of government affairs for...
Legacy of Leadership
Mickey Schaefer, CAE, began her career in the seventies when women wore suits and bow ties to show that we were in management, and meeting professionals...
Commentary
Time for Visa Reform
I was a presenter at a session on inbound international meetings at the Professional Convention Management Association meeting in Hawaii last month. Planners...
Special Section
Association Meetings 2004 Inner Circle Award Winners
Kudos to all 50 winners in our 13th annual Inner Circle Award program. This tribute is paid by AM readers, who voted for these top hotels, resorts, convention...
Sites
Mile-High Expansion Doubles Denver Center
THE EXPANSION OF the Colorado Convention Center (www.denver.org/planners/ccc.asp) in downtown Denver, aka the Mile-High City, has been completed, doubling...
Wales
Long overshadowed by its U.K. cousins, Wales is emerging as an exciting new meetings and tourism destination propelled in large part by the astonishing...
Northern Kentucky
Sitting in the shadow of Cincinnati, its more familiar neighbor across the Ohio River, Northern Kentucky offers its own compelling package of amenities...
The Westin Savannah Harbor
Just a chip shot away from the hotel at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (or so say the public relations staff; I'd say it's more like a very...
Back of the House
Best Food in the Business
Honoring the best culinary creations in the meetings industry, the Convention Industry Council announced the winners of the first annual APEX Food and...
How to Dress for Success
Conforming to a meeting's dress code can be tricky, but by following a few fashion and avoiding some faux pas, fitting in at a business-casual meeting...
For the Birds? Not This Treesort
Michael Garnier tried a lot of different businesses in his life, but it wasn't until he started building treehouses that things started clicking. On his...
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