IMEX Expects a Big Turnout in Frankfurt
Europe’s two major international meeting and incentive travel exhibitions—IMEX, a spring show in Frankfurt, and EIBTM, a late fall show in Barcelona—continue to woo attendees with generous hosted-buyer programs and a growing slate of seminars and focused educational and networking opportunities....
Housecleaning at MPI Headquarters
Heads rolled at the headquarters of Meeting Professionals International last week. ...
Floor Collapse Means Quick Meeting Change in Pittsburgh
The collapse of some concrete flooring in Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center February 5 forced the facility to close temporarily and had several groups scrambling to find different venues or dates for their meetings....
Wikipedia Founder to Headline DigitalNow Conference
DigitalNow, a professional development program for association executives, produced by Fusion Productions and the Disney Institute, will feature Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia project, as one of four general session speakers when it takes place April 11 to 14 at Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla....
PCMA Survey: International Attendance at Conventions is Stable, But Low
Despite the fact that international travel to the U.S. is down 17 percent since 2001 overall, international attendance at association meetings and conventions has not declined, according to a new study commissioned by the Professional Convention Management Association. ...
Gaylord Opryland Announces Expansion
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, already one of the larger meeting properties in the U.S., will get 400,000 square feet of new meeting and convention space and an adjacent new 400-room all-suite hotel, according to a proposal released Feb. 12 by Gaylord Entertainment Co. ...
Marriott, Loews Trim the Fat
The move to healthier foods is gaining momentum....
Freeman Shares Pandemic Preparedness Document
We’ve heard it again and again: The avian flu outbreak among birds in Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world has a small but potentially disastrous chance of creating a deadly pandemic in humans. ...
A Treasure Returned
Jennie Campbell, CMP, CMM, PMP, chief administrative officer, marketing and business development for investment company Stewart Capital LLC, Metairie, La., lost everything she owned in Hurricane Katrina—including her coveted 1998 Tomorrow’s Leader award from Meeting Professionals International....
U.S. Travel Leaders Introduce Plan to Attract International Visitors
To improve America’s image abroad and increase international travel to the U.S., the Discover America Partnership—a coalition of U.S. hospitality industry leaders—unveiled a three-part plan last week called Blueprint to Discover America....
New Air Taxes Making U.K. Too Expensive?
A decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the possible impact it will have on air travel into the U.K....
Marriott Centralizes Group Sales in New Orleans
Marriott International has completely reorganized the meeting and convention sales force for its 13 hotels in New Orleans, moving from individual property sales to a 12-member centralized sales team for all Marriott-branded properties in the city. ...
RCMA Exec Receives Honor
The State of Indiana last week gave its highest honor to DeWayne Woodring, longtime executive director of the Religious Conference Management Association. ...
Registered Traveler Programs Finally Roll Out
After more than a year of promise and preparation, Registered Traveler has finally expanded beyond Orlando International Airport. ...
Org 2.0
Marketing guru and author Seth Godin offers a one-page PDF that will give nonprofits a good introduction to what Web 2.0 can do for them. ...
Great Ideas Conference Deals with Electrical Fire
An electrical fire at the Marco Island Marriott Resort on January 29 caused an evacuation, injury to an outside contractor who had been working on the system, and a power loss, but ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership’s Great Ideas conference went on. ...
Winds of Change: Four Trends That Will Change the Meetings Industry
Technology, shifting social values, the new consumer, and demographic shifts are the four trends that will shape the meetings industry in the future, ...
New Online Booking Study
Already more than half of all corporate meeting and group travel is booked online, and that’s expected to grow to 60 percent by 2008. ...
Futurewatch: Planner's Predictions for 2007
There's no question that strategic meeting management is no longer just the purview of a handful of Fortune 500 companies with large, centralized meeting departments....
Ethics on the Agenda
Ethics will be on the agenda at the MeetNow! 2007 Joint Educational Conference of the WestField and Connecticut River Valley Chapters of Meeting Professionals International, to be held February. 22-23 at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven, Conn....
U.S. Entry Process Cause for Concern for Meeting Planners
“This industry cares more about security than any,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO, Travel Industry Association of America. ...
Hotels Can Expect More Money for the Same Number of Meetings
According to a recent study conducted by PKF Hospitality Research in conjunction with Convention South magazine, 64 percent of meeting planners are planning the same number of meetings in 2007 as they did last year, but they expect greater attendance at these meetings....
Senate Travel Bill Includes Allowances for Meetings
The U.S. Senate passed a measure last week that bans most lobbyist-paid travel for lawmakers, but provides allowances for travel to meetings and conventions. ...
Passport Rule Takes Effect Today
The rule requiring citizens of the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Bermuda to present a passport when entering the U.S. by air takes effect today. ...
MPI Convenes in the Big Easy for PEC '07
Globalization was the watchword as Meeting Professionals International got off to a successful start to its 2007 Professional Education Conference in New Orleans....
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