Welsh to Head Merged Convention Bureau in Chicago
The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau is merging with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, a move that will free up funds to promote the city....
Commentary: Sustainable Meeting Standards—Sorting Through Alphabet Soup
Time and effort that will be needed to put the full menu of sustainable meeting standards into practice....
U.S. Travel to Educate Lawmakers to Protect the Meetings Industry
The U.S. Travel Association has launched a new campaign to raise awareness in Congress about the importance of meetings and incentive travel to the economy. ...
How to Be a Meetings Advocate
As a former legislative staffer and politician, meetings industry consultant Roger Rickard knows how government works. He knows firsthand how citizens can have an impact by making their voices heard, and he is sharing that information with meeting professionals...
Association Sponsorships Grow, but at a Below-Average Rate
Sponsorship dollars for North American associations grew in 2011, but at a rate that’s below the national average, according to the IEG Sponsorship Report....
Korea Proclaims 2012 Convention Year
Korea wants to raise its profile as a meetings destination and is turning its focus to improving the support and servicing of visiting groups....
Commentary: Are Conference Center Expansions a Boon or a Bane?
It’s never been more important for the industry to get its analysis right, rather than assuming that every convention center expansion is an automatic winner....
Obama Travel Initiatives Met with Praise
President Barack Obama announced new initiatives aimed at boosting the economy by increasing the number of international visitors who travel to the United States each year....
Kalahari Resort Sandusky Expands Ohio Convention Facility
Kalahari Resort Sandusky, Ohio, officially debuted results of a 10-month, $22 million project in January....
Commentary: PCMA General Session Walks the Talk
PCMA made a gutsy decision to blow up its opening general session and rebuild it from the ground up....
New Network for Virtual Content Launches
Online event marketing agency bXb Online is creating a hub for virtual meetings content. ...
Mega Convention Center Proposed for Queens, New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed building a 3.8 million-square-foot convention center in Queens....
TED Founder Talks Meetings at PCMA
TED founder Richard Saul Wurman engaged the audience at the Professional Convention Management Association’s 2012 Convening Leaders conference....
PCMA Pushes Innovation at San Diego Conference
The Professional Convention Management Association's 2012 Convening Leaders annual meeting in San Diego, January 8–11, incorporates the live with the virtual, and a variety of format innovations....
“ObamaCare” Takes a Bashing at PCMA
New Hampshire Republicans weren’t the only ones lamenting “ObamaCare” on the eve of the nation’s first primary. ...
Commentary: Sustainable F&B Is Hard to Define
If you’re looking at food and beverage as an area where you can make your meetings more sustainable, it may be tougher than you think....
VEI’s New Digital Certification Program Gets Scholarship Money
The Virtual Edge Institute's new Digital Event Strategist certification program has received $100,000 in support. ...
Winding Down 2011 With a Flurry of Newsmakers
The end of 2011 saw a flurry of job-hopping on the supplier side of the meetings marketplace, particularly in destination marketing organizations. The hotel industry saw some big changes, too. ...
U.S.-Based Meetings Association Looks to Bring Meetings to Iraq
Weeks after the U.S. pulled the last of its troops out of Iraq, talks between a U.S.-based meetings organization and the prime minister of Iraq are under way to bring business development conferences to the country....
Hotels’ Secrets for Setting Room Rates
Understanding the complex world of revenue management is your key to successful contract negotiations....
2012: The Year of Integration—or, Solving Problems by Making Them Bigger
Future Convention Cities Initiative Members Gather During COP17
One of the Future Convention Cities Initiative member cities—Durban, South Africa—has just wrapped up successfully hosting the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Airfare Hikes Expected in 2012
Do New VAT Rules Amount to a “Net Plus” or “Not Much” for U.S. Meeting Planners?
The bottom line: VAT reclaim still too complex for you to go it alone....
Will Travel Be the Savior for European Economies?
Tourism seems to be the only bright spot for European countries these days....
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