Sain Takes Peeper’s Place in Orlando
The Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau has named its new president to replace Bill Peeper, who retired after 22 years at the post. ...
Let the Bidding Begin
The Washington, D.C,. Convention Center Authority is holding a silent auction for a meeting package worth approximately $500,000, Reba Pittman Walker, chief executive officer and general manager at the WCCA, announced at the Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting in Toronto on January 8....
Denver to Host '08 DNC
Denver beat out New York to win the bid for the Democratic National Convention, August 25-29, 2008. ...
MPI Reacts to Outburst of Violence in New Orleans
New Orleans is suffering through an outburst of deadly violence as the city gets set to host next week’s Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference....
The Special Event 2007: An Industry Comes Into Its Own
If there was a common theme at The Special Event 2007, held last week in Los Angeles, it was that this industry, which started out as a cottage industry (or a "garage industry," as insiders like to describe it) has finally evolved into a profession....
Pennsylvania Gets Into Gaming
Within the next two years, Pennsylvania expects to see the opening of five casinos, including two waterfront casinos in Philadelphia, less than 60 miles from the East Coast’s premiere gambling destination of Atlantic City, N.J....
Air France to Open Expedited Security Lane at JFK
Following in the footsteps of British Airways, Air France has reached an agreement with Verified Identity Pass to sponsor a Registered Traveler program at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 1, which is expected to start screening passengers as early as next month....
PCMA Honors Freeman
The Professional Convention Management Association, meeting in Toronto this week for its 51st Annual Meeting, honored Donald S. Freeman Jr., CEO and chairman of the board of Dallas-based Freeman, with its 2006 Distinguished Member Award. ...
An Exclusive Tool and Zero Waste--News from PCMA in Toronto
At the Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting this week in Toronto, a new online tool to measure meeting performance was introduced, with PCMA members getting exclusive access through September 2007....
MeCo Turns One With New Seminar Series
Marking its one-year anniversary, the meetings industry listserv called MeCo, short for the Meetings Community, is launching a new feature called Chat Lessons 1.0 for its growing online community...
Hawaii CVB, Center Launch Joint Web Site
The Hawai`i Visitors and Convention Bureau and SMG Hawai`i, which manages the Hawai`i Convention Center, have joined forces to launch BusinessAloha.com, a new destination Web site dedicated to meeting planners’ needs in the Hawaiian islands....
Oahu: Who Knew?
They came to town bearing chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and news of the island. ...
Tollett Resigns Houston Bureau Post
Last week Gerard J. “Jordy” Tollett announced that he is resigning his post as president and CEO of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau to “pursue other ventures.” ...
Top Trends for 2007
YPB&R forecasts that leisure will outpace business when it comes to travel services as businesses continue to try to replace travel with technology, and that the costs for both air and hotels will continue to climb...
Six CVBs Earn DMAI Certification
Six destination marketing organizations—also called convention and visitors bureaus—have been accredited by the Destination Marketing Association International for meeting universal operating standards...
All Talk Goes to All Pod
MeetingsRadio, a weekly call-in radio show for the meetings industry that began broadcasting via the Internet in April 2005, is moving to a podcast format in 2007, according to founder Bill Wulff, CMP, president of Above the Rim Events, Fort Lee, N.J....
APEX Webinar: Save the Date
If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for a free webinar February 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. ...
Duffy, Hacker Among Five Named to CIC’s Hall of Leaders
The chief executive officer of a leading meeting and incentive travel company and the president of a major industry association are among five leaders who will be inducted into the Convention Industry Council’s prestigious Hall of Leaders, which since 1985 has been honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution to the meeting and convention industry....
Marriott Responds to Questions on Commissions
Marriott International last week issued an FAQ document for group intermediary partners in response to questions regarding its controversial new policies on paying third parties’ hotel room commissions on meetings business....
A New Take on Evaluations
“There’s a fundamental problem with speaker evaluation sheets,” says Jeffrey De Cagna, chief strategist/founder of Principled Innovation LLC, and co-author of We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change....
Comment Period Extended for Controversial Passenger Screening System
After receiving criticism from travel, trade, and privacy groups, the Department of Homeland Security has extended the comment period for its Automated Targeting System...
New Web Site Helps Travelers Get Passports
In advance of new regulations requiring all travelers entering the U.S. to have a passport, the Travel Industry Association has launched a new Web site to ease the process of getting one....
Marriott to Require Accreditation for Independents
Marriott International is changing the rules about how commissions are paid to independent meeting planners and other group intermediaries...
MPI Heads to New Orleans
It will be the first opportunity for many industry professionals to see New Orleans post-Katrina as 2,500 are expected to attend Meeting Professionals International’s 2007 Professional Education Conference-North America, January 20 to 23 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. ...
IAEM: New Name, New Numbers
The International Association for Exhibition Management changes its name to expand focus...
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