Green Meeting Association Picks Director, Management Company
The Green Meeting Industry Council’s search for a new executive director has ended. The Portland, Ore.–based organization has appointed Tamara Kennedy Hill to the role, effective May 15. ...
Sarfati to Leave ASAE and The Center
“In everyone’s career and everyone’s life there’s a season, and a while ago it just seemed that it was time for me to move on,” said Susan Sarfati, CAE, executive vice president at the American Society of Association Executives and president and chief executive officer at the Center for Association Leadership, Washington, D.C., on her decision to resign from the organizations effective August 31. ...
Financial Services Society Gives Back
The Risk Insurance Management Society donated $10,000 to a local school serving disadvantaged children during its recent annual meeting in San Diego...
Georgia World Congress Center Reopens After Tornado
The three buildings of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta have officially reopened after 42 days of construction after a tornado that severely damaged the facility March 14. ...
Higher Compensation Caps for Bumped Air Passengers
There’s less than two weeks to go before new Federal regulations increase significantly the compensation for airline passengers who get bumped involuntarily...
ASAE Launches a Social Responsibility Movement
At a landmark summit put on by the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership, approximately 861 people met virtually and in 20 locations around the world, to discuss ways that associations can effect social, political, and environmental change....
U.S. Court: Laptops Can Be Seized Without Cause at Borders
If a U.S. Border Patrol agent wants to look at—and inside—your laptop when you cross the U.S. border—he doesn’t need a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to perform the search, a U.S. court has held....
New On-The-Go Webinar Series From PCMA
The Professional Convention Management Association has introduced a new series of webinars targeted to busy meeting professionals. PCMA’s “On-the-Go” Webinar Series is a collection of 30-minute online educational offerings in three broad topics: legal, technology, and general information....
Event Industry Leaders to Convene Air Travel Summit
A summit to discuss what has been called “the greatest single strategic threat to the stability of the exhibitions and events industry”—the U.S. air transportation system—is being developed by travel and events industry leaders....
“Global Entry”: New Program to Speed U.S. Customs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing an expedited screening process for low-risk U.S. travelers entering the country from international destinations. ...
Visa Waiver Program to Expand
Expansion of the Visa Waiver Program beyond the existing 27 VWP countries is progressing as the United States has signed memorandums of understanding with several countries seeking to join the program....
IMEX 2008 Breaks Records, Recognizes Global Achievements
Don’t tell the international meetings and incentives industry there’s an economic slowdown in the U.S.: IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, enjoyed a series of record highs, according to IMEX Chairman Ray Bloom, who spoke at the close of the show, which took place April 22-24, in Frankfurt, Germany....
Revenues Up, Exhibition Industry Grows
The exhibition industry grew 3.2 percent in 2007, buoyed by strong gains in revenues and attendance, according to the fifth annual CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas....
Sheraton Embarks on Largest Growth Strategy in Brand History
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Starwood’s largest brand, is undergoing an aggressive global expansion that has it opening a new hotel every 12 days in various cities around the world throughout 2008....
IMEX Takes Green Initiatives to the Next Level
Taking place in Frankfurt April 22-24, IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, will add to its environmental best practices with a series of new green initiatives....
NEMICE ’08: Many Planners Far Along Green Meetings Curve
Green was on the agenda at this year’s NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. ...
JetBlue Expands Meeting Program
JetBlue Airways, which launched a corporate meetings program in May 2007 called CompanyBlue, last week announced that it’s expanding the program, with significant changes that will be especially appealing to the convention and association market...
CIC Votes in Two New Members
The Green Meeting Industry Council and the International Association of Professional Conference Organizers have joined the Convention Industry Council....
Meeting Organizer Defaults: Attendees Get the Bill
According to recent news reports the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa is holding attendees responsible for paying the bills still owed by the organizers of a meeting they attended in October last year....
Two More Airlines Are Grounded
ATA Airlines and Skybus Airlines both went belly up last week, the second and third carriers to abruptly cease operations in the span of a week. ...
ASAE Social Responsibility Summit Debuts This Month
Social change is the subject of a unique and ambitious new conference that the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership is debuting later this month....
PCMA Offers New CMP Study Course
The Professional Convention Management Association is trying to make the process of becoming a Certified Meeting Professional a little easier. This week, PCMA is launching a revamped and updated online CMP study course, which includes new resources, materials, and a self-assessment tool....
UNLV Offers Classes Online for Meeting Planners
The University of Nevada Las Vegas is now offering live, college-level classes online featuring UNLV faculty, faculty from other prominent hotel colleges and leading industry experts. Each one-hour, commercial-free Webinar is designed to be a stand-alone learning experience....
Virtualis: Experience a Wow Meeting Environment
If you’ve ever looked for an excuse to try out the 3-D online environment called Second Life, here’s a good one: The grand opening of Virtualis, an eye-popping event island complete with convention center, exhibition spaces, and The Joan Eisenstodt Learning and Community Matters Center, a way-way-way-outside-the-box venue....
Homeland Security Sets Final Passport Date
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule ordering that the land and sea requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative go into effect June 1, 2009....
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