Active Integrates Mobile Suite With Meeting Tech Solutions
Active Network, the event technology company that acquired StarCite earlier this year, has launched a suite of mobile applications....
Europe Still Tops for Association Meetings
The International Congress and Convention Association releases is always-anticipated annual list of the most popular convention destnations worldwide....
White House Issues Memo on Meeting Limits
In a May 11 memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, outlined new government restrictions on federal meetings and travel. ...
What’s Behind DMC Pricing?
Destination management companies' traditional "bundled markup" method of pricing can be off-putting, but there is no mystery to the math. Here's the formula......
Commentary: A Price Tag on Knowledge—When Does It Defeat the Purpose?
Here's a dilemma facing many associations: how and whether to charge for strategic knowledge that might deliver better results if it circulated free. ...
Industry Mourns Orlando’s Gary Sain, Travel and Meetings Luminary
Gary Sain, 61, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly....
GSA Debacle Leads to Travel Ban
The General Services Administration has suspended all travel to external, private-sector conferences for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, which ends September 30. ...
Buy an Idea, Support GMIC
The Green Meeting Industry Council Foundation is holding an "Idea Auction," to raise to suport its educational efforts....
Meetings Associations Support New Virtual Meetings Hub
Meeting Tech Expo Sets Sights on D.C.
The Meetings Technology Expo is landing in Washington, D.C., this year with a one-day event focused on technology-specific education and networking....
GSA Scandal Hits GBTA; ASAE Fights Restrictions on Government Meetings
The aftereffects of the U.S. General Services Administration’s disastrously mismanaged Western Region Conference continue to ripple through the meetings industry. ...
Commentary: Green Meetings Conference Vibrates with Sustainable Power
The Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal seemed to vibrate with sustainable power when it hosted the small but mighty Green Meeting Industry Council’s annual conference last week....
Hacker Looks Ahead
When his contract expires on September 30, 2012, Steven Hacker will step down as president of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events....
Green-Minded Meeting Pros Hear Plans for Sustainability
Approximately 200 meeting sustainability gurus gathered in Montreal this week for the 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council. ...
Commentary: A Small Twist on Sustainability Thinking
Here's what I see as a smarter, more methodical way of using the green meeting standards to shift the industry’s performance. ...
GSA Scandal Mushrooms, Almost $1 Million in Meeting Cancellations
In reaction to the scandal around the U.S. General Services Administration’s Western Regions Conference, nearly $1 million worth of GSA meetings have been canceled, the GSA's employee reward program has been eliminated, and other government meetings could be affected....
New Convention Center Hotel to Open in Columbus, Ohio
In Ohio, the $140 million Hilton Columbus Downtown < http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/CMHDWHH-Hilton-Columbus-Downtown-Ohio/index.do> is approaching completion for a scheduled fall 2012 opening. ...
Hearings Begin on GSA Scandal, Meeting Leaders Speak Out
As House and Senate committees begin hearings on the General Services Administration’s apparent excessive spending for its 2010 Western Regions Conference at the M Resort Spa Casino, industry organizations are urging a measured response to the scandal....
Exhibition Industry Leaders Create Federation
A meeting of exhibition industry leaders has evolved into a new organization for the industry....
Going Global: FAQs for Meeting Management
Our panel of experts fields questions on currency, contracts, site inspections, and more....
How to Get Hired in the Association Meetings Industry
Job hunters share their strategies for finding employment in the association meetings industry. ...
RCMA Announces First Advisory Council Meeting
RCMA will hold its first Advisory Committee meeting April 30–May 2 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Fla....
Online Matchmaking Service for Speakers and Events
A new online service wants to become event organizers' No. 1 source for finding experts—paid and unpaid—to deliver keynotes, fill panels, and lead breakout sessions....
Promote the Value of Meetings: New Tool Kit for Planners
U.S. Travel Association has just released a new Keep America Meeting tool kit for meeting professionals and venues. ...
Pennsylvania Convention Center Eliminates Labor Management Fee
The Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority and its labor supplier, Elliott Lewis Corp., have agreed to eliminate the 8 percent labor management fee that has been charged to customers and exhibitors for supplying unionized labor services at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia...
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