Commentary: An Instant News Channel for Conferences
Over the last several months, our firm has begun using Twitter to create instant conference news channels for meetings. It’s still early, but we think we may have come up with a roadmap for anyone who wants to bring the news of the meeting into the social space, alongside the rich variety of opinions and observations that participants generate....
EIBTM Names 2010 Meeting Technology Winners
EIBTM’s annual meetings technology innovation competition has announced its winner: Montréal-based Sherpa Solutions’ ActivTouch smartphone application edged out 51 other meeting technologies for the first-place spot in the 2010 WorldWide Technology Watch. ...
Event Marketers Embrace Digital Marketing and Virtual Events
Almost three-quarters of event organizers and corporate brand marketers plan to have digital media strategies in place for their events this year, according to a new survey, Digital and Exhibit Marketing Insights 2010, conducted by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research and George P. Johnson. ...
DMC Giant Allied Adds Production and Social Media Team
Allied International, parent company of PRA Destination Management, Allied Europe, and Allied Arabia, now offers its global clientele full production and social media services through a new division called Allied Experiences, powered by redbutton.tv...
PCMA to Co-locate 2011 International Summit at IMEX America
The Professional Convention Management Association will co-locate its International Summit at IMEX America—a hosted buyer event for the meetings industry that will launch in October 2011 in Las Vegas. ...
How to Use Social Media for Meetings
Social media can be a great way to engage an audience and market an association meeting, but only if managed correctly....
The U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Seeking Board Members
The U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism is seeking industry leaders to fill three seats on its Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. The deadline to apply is Friday, October 8....
New Online RFP for Association Support Services
A new online request for proposal service from the AMC Institute is aiming to make it easier for associations to hire association management companies for specialized support services, such as meeting planning and Web site development. ...
Colorado Convention Earns LEED Green Building Certification
The Colorado Convention Center has garnered certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) from the U.S. Green Building Council. ...
Dolce to Manage Former Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas
Dolce Hotels and Resorts will rebrand and manage the former Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas property that has been closed since May....
Certain Makes Meeting Data Mobile for Planners and Participants
Certain Software is getting into mobile meeting communications with the release of Certain Meetings 6.0, the latest version of its meeting management software. ...
Commentary: In Air Regulation Drama, We're the Consumers
Imagine if an event company or facility kept raising prices and cutting service, created huge logistical roadblocks for customers, proved incapable of turning a profit, then pushed back on regulators’ attempts to smarten up their practices?...
What Does the Southwest/AirTran Merger Mean for Meetings?
The $1.4 billion acquisition of AirTran Airways by Southwest Airlines, announced on September 27, is likely to mean a bump in fares for meeting travelers. What’s uncertain is if the merged carrier will have a discount program for meetings. ...
Change the World One Meeting at a Time: APEX/ASTM Sustainability Standards Nearly Set
Hundreds of industry professionals have helped create the soon-to-be released Green Meetings and Events Standards developed by the Convention Industry Council Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and ASTM International...
Event Twitter Survey Recommends Courting Your Power Tweeters
Eighty percent of messages posted to micro-blogging site Twitter about a specific event tend to be made by just 35 percent of registrants, according to a survey released in September. ...
Commentary: When Conversations Go Off-Message
The flurry of comments on my recent column about climate change, “Opryland Under Water,” pointed to the communication pitfalls that await any meeting whose message runs too far out of control....
Set Your DVR: Hotel CEO on "Undercover Boss" Reality TV Show September 26
Steve Joyce, president and CEO of Choice Hotels International in Silver Spring, Md., goes under cover at some of the company's hotels in the season premiere of the hit reality series "Undercover Boss." ...
Last Chance: Comment on DOT's Proposed Airline Consumer Protections
Thursday, September 23, marks the final day for public comment on the Department of Transportation's proposed "Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections" rule. If adopted, the new policies will strengthen tarmac-delay regulations, improve compensation for passengers who are denied boarding, and address passenger frustration over airline fees and other consumer information issues....
Commentary: Four Takeaways from a Hybrid Meeting that Worked
Over the last few days, I've been slowly returning to Earth after soaring through the innovative design and timely content of EventCamp Twin Cities, a hybrid meeting that brought 100 participants to Minneapolis September 9; small groups of live attendees to Dallas and Basel, Switzerland; and virtual attendees to a reported 164 desktops across North America....
Perception Preparedness—or How U.S. Travel is Using the BP Spill to Create a Disaster Road Map
With a recent study showing that Gulf Coast states could suffer $23 billion in lost spending as a result of the BP oil spill, the U.S. Travel Association is moving at full speed to help. Countering negative publicity, encouraging a Gulf Coast vacation for President Obama, and leaning on Administrator Kenneth Feinberg to apportion relief money to businesses affected by the perception of oil as well as the presence of oil, the association and its leader, Roger Dow, aim to make it through this crisis with a road map for handling future natural and manmade disasters. ...
Industry Execs Named to Corporation for Travel Promotion Board
Hoteliers and convention and visitor bureau chiefs are among the first 11 travel and tourism industry leaders recently named to the new Corporation for Travel Promotion board of directors....
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Announces Partnership with Marriott International’s Autograph Collection
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, an independent luxury brand opening December 15, 2010, has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Marriott International’s Autograph Collection. ...
Commentary: Opryland Under Water—What Have We Learned?
The sight of the Opryland Hotel under water in May marked the beginning of an extreme weather season, highlighting for me the vulnerability of the meetings economy to effects of climate change....
Penton’s Trade Shows Announce Exclusive Housing and Registration Partners
Penton Media Inc. names onPeak its exclusive housing vendor and CompuSystems Inc. its exclusive registration vendor for all trade shows....
Boise CVB Loses Funding, Seeks Alternatives
Municipal body running Boise Centre convention center and funds the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau has decided to bring its destination marketing dollars in-house, leaving the future of the CVB uncertain...
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