Airlines 

It's the "plane" truth that air travel isn't what it used to be. Long security lines, a widening gap between business and promotional tourist fares, no...

Think Outside the Booth 

Show organizers these days are finding that they have to do far more consulting with and selling to potential supporters than they have in the past....

Think Outside the Booth 

Show organizers these days are finding that they have to do far more consulting with and selling to potential supporters than they have in the past....

Associations Take on the Hill 

Associations will band together March 20 to 21 at the Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, to bring their message to the nation’s leaders during the American Society of Association Executives’ Annual Fly-in Program....

PCMA: New Logo, New CEO 

Just weeks ago David DuBois appeared beneath the new PCMA logo at the group’s annual meeting in Nashville, musing on the future of the "new PCMA," which had just embarked on its ambitious "Strategic Plan 2004." Now the Professional Convention Management Association’s board of directors have fired DuBois as CEO, and a shocked industry didn’t seem to know what to make of the sudden move—and the new PCMA....

CIC Appoints New Leaders 

Michael Olson, CAE, Bill Just, CAE, CMP, and David DuBois, CAE, CMP, have been appointed new leadership positions at the Convention Industry Council....

CIC Appoints New Leaders 

Michael Olson, CAE, Bill Just, CAE, CMP, and David DuBois, CAE, CMP, have been appointed new leadership positions at the Convention Industry Council....

Trade Shows a Growing Factor in Business Travel 

According to a recent survey by eBrain Market Research (www.ebrain.com), trade shows are becoming the backbone of business travel in this post-September 11 world....

Leaders Say: Time for MICE to Roar 

The meetings, incentives, convention, and exhibition industry, referred to as the MICE industry outside of the U.S. and Canada, has gathered together to launch "the industry fights back" campaign....

How Safe Is Your Job? 

Are association planner positions still recession-proof?...

RCMA’s 30th Anniversary Conference Slated for Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2002 

Hundreds of religious meeting professionals will convene in Tampa, Fla., January 29 – February 1, 2002 for the 30th Annual Conference and Exposition of the Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA)....

After the Fall 

In a typical recession, alternate revenue streams like revved up new membership drives and member-retention programs could bolster declining attendance and exhibitor participation. But today’s environment isn’t hospitable to those revenue sources;...

Industry Working to Stimulate Business 

With none other than President George W. Bush as spokesperson, a new travel promotion campaign sponsored by the Travel Industry Association kicked off this week. Planned to run through December, the ad blitz is just one of the many efforts industry organizations are doing to get the public traveling again....

Expositions 2002 

Exhibitions have been growing in importance over the past several years. Will the growth continue?...

Make the Most of Your Exposition 

Ron Gold, a trade show profit consultant in Malibu, Calif., says that if an association isn’t pulling at least 30 percent of its revenue stream from trade show promotions, they’re doing something wrong....

Save this Date—Help Heal Hearts 

South Florida meeting and events professionals put their money where their hearts are: They’re hosting a fundraising event to support those affected by the September 11 tragedy...

New Event Management Course 

Dallas-based International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM) has partnered with George Washington University (GWU), based in Washington, D.C., to offer the association’s first certificate in Event Management....

New Event Management Course 

Dallas-based International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM) has partnered with George Washington University (GWU), based in Washington, D.C., to offer the association’s first certificate in Event Management....

Nonprofit Corporation Formed to Provide Victims With Free Legal Services 

Trial Lawyers Care, Inc., was officially launced October 15 by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and state trial lawyers associations during a press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan....

Free Symposium for Associations 

Leading Authorities, Inc., MacNair Travel, and BB&T, will hold a complimentary symposium, The New Realities: What You Need to Know to Run Your Association After September 11,...

IAAM Forms Security Task Force 

The International Association of Assembly Managers is forming a Safety and Security Task Force, IAAM president Lionel Dubay announced October 12....

IAAM Forms Security Task Force 

The International Association of Assembly Managers is forming a Safety and Security Task Force, IAAM president Lionel Dubay announced October 12....

New Dates Announced for Associations:digitalNow Conference 

The Associations: DigitalNow conference, which was postponed following the September 11 attacks, has been rescheduled for February 7 to 9, 2002...

TBR Asks Congress to Take Action 

While the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration mull over a package of tax relief and other initiatives designed to stimulate economic growth, the...

What Associations Are Doing Post-9/11 

How important are meetings to an association’s bottom line? According to research conducted by the Professional Conference Management Association in conjunction with the University of South Carolina Hotel School...

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