New Entries to SMM Software Market Emphasize Service
Each in its own way, two companies with new software offerings—SignUp4 and Meeting Consultants—represent the evolution of strategic meetings management technology as SMM concepts continue to blaze a trail through corporate America. ...
ASAE Study Reveals Increased Optimism
Association executives are showing increased optimism in the financial performance of their organizations, according to a study released March 9 by ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership...
Tool Time: Here Comes Visual Search, and More
Hard to believe that 2010 is in full swing. (Wasn't it just the holidays?) Lots on the plate for this column: cool search ideas, a few industry tech tidbits (would those be techbits?), and a bit of social media, too...
Fake Boston Bridal Show Scams Attendees and Exhibitors
The FBI is investigating a bridal show that was supposed to have taken place this past weekend, March 5–7, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, but that turned out to be a scam....
EmpowerMINT.com Gives Planners Negotiating Strength
Earlier this year, Destination Marketing Association International launched empowerMINT.com, a new Web site that allows meeting professionals to shop for...
Commentary: When Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
Being a lightning rod gives one a heady, slightly edgy sensation. After last week's column, I had an almost physical sense of the energy flowing through the MeetingsNet Web site, as colleagues debated the merits of a conference keynote who was long on substance but short on presentation skills....
Comdex to Be Revived as Virtual Meeting
Comdex lives again. The computer industry trade show that launched in 1979 and grew to be one of the largest expositions in the world before being canceled in 2003 has been reimagined as a virtual show. ...
Tech Associations Pull the Plug on Their 2010 Event
SuperComm, one of the largest technology trade shows in the early 2000s, has been canceled for 2010. Citing financial concerns, the two associations that jointly sponsor the event...
CVB Chiefs Named to U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has named executives from four convention and visitors bureaus to the 29-member United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board...
Travel Stimulus Bill Awaits Obama’s Signature
President Obama is expected to sign in to law within the next week or so the Travel Promotion Act, landmark legislation designed to create 40,000 new travel-industry jobs and attract 1.6 million more international visitors to the United States....
Chile Recovering: What Was and Wasn’t Hit
Commentary: Don't Let a Speaker's Style Defeat Substance
A keynote speaker at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent 2010 has been generating sparks from bloggers who followed the conference, not because of his message, but for the way he delivered it...
Commentary: Twitter On-site—the Good, the Bad, and the Limited
There was a whole lot of tweetin' goin' on this week at MPI's MeetDifferent 2010, with the association's Virtual Access Pass streaming content to a wider audience and bringing in ideas, input, and questions from off site...
MeetDifferent, Cancun, May Be MPI's Last
Close to 1,100 people were learning and networking at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent conference in Cancun, according to Bruce MacMillan, MPI's CEO, at a press conference on February 22. While acknowledging that number was just slightly below expectations for the February 20–23 meeting, he also hinted that this would be MPI's last MeetDifferent...
MPI’s First Hosted-Buyer Program Generates 1,500 Appointments
More than 1,500 pre-scheduled appointments between 110 meeting managers and 90 suppliers took place February 20-23 at Meeting Professionals International’s MeetDifferent 2010 conference in Cancun, Mexico. This marks MPI's first foray into a hosted-buyer program, which offered complimentary hotel stays and airfare or registration for qualified meeting planners who committed to meet with 15 suppliers. While the program got more participants than expected, it took time for some of the buyers—and suppliers—to get used to the system. ...
San Jose’s Revised Labor Contract Earns Support of Contractors, Industry
Team San Jose, the group that oversees operations at the McEnery Convention Center, has adopted a new labor policy, revamping controversial rules introduced last August, which generated strong opposition from contractors....
ASAE’s Canceled Tech Show Triggers Second E-Event
A March webinar series, called SnowTech 2010, will present at least six of the sessions that were canceled when a blizzard forced the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership to call off its 2010 Technology Conference and Expo, originally planned for February 10-12....
Moose International Commits to Milwaukee for 2013
Moose International has selected Milwaukee as the host city for its 2013 International Convention...
New Orleans and Indy Score PR Points at Super Bowl
The New Orleans Saints had just beaten the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLIV and Stephen Perry's cell phone was buzzing like crazy as he stood basking in the triumph of his hometown team at Sun Life Stadium in Miami...
EIBTM Honors Event Company for Top ROI Measurement
EIBTM, the European Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings exhibition, which wrapped up in December in Barcelona, has awarded a Finnish event-management company top honors for its use of ROI Methodology to measure the success of a client's meeting. Here's how it worked. ...
International Meetings Outlook: U.S. Organizations Sticking Close to Home
International meeting and incentive destinations suffered through major declines in group business in 2009, and the outlook is not much better for 2010, according to two recent reports. ...
Commentary: Making "Green Meetings" Redundant
My head is still spinning with ideas, enthusiasm, and wall-to-wall content from last week's 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference in Denver, hosted by the Green Meeting Industry Council....
Snow Cancels ASAE Tech Conference, but New Instant Event Emerges
The massive snowstorm that hit the East Coast this week caused the American Society for Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership to cancel its February 10–12 Technology Conference and Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. However, all was not lost. ...
Be in Your Attendee’s Pocket: Smart-Phone Apps for Meetings
9 Must-Have Apps for Meeting Pros
As long as you're dragging that smart phone everywhere you go, you may as well put it to work. We've rounded up nine must-have apps for meeting professionals (and a few more just for fun). All are built for the iPhone, but BlackBerry users take heart: some comparable applications are out there. ...
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