DMCs Battle Against Burdensome Taxes
DMCs asking for industry support...
What's Your Favorite Part of the Meeting-Planning Process and Why?
We asked association meeting planners to describe the aspect of their jobs that they enjoy the most. The answers were varied and interesting....
Sponsorships Decline in 2009, But Not For Associations
Money spent on sponsorships for events and meetings declined 1 percent in 2009 in the United States, to $16.5 billion...
Kuoni Buys TBA Global’s U.S. Destination Management Division
You'll soon get to know Kuoni—the high-end leisure travel and tour company that just purchased the U.S. destination management operations of TBA Global. We spoke with the CEO....
At Its 38th Annual Conference, RCMA Announces Another $100,000 Donation to Fight Hunger
The Religious Conference Management Association for the fifth year in a row has made a $100,000 donation to World Food Programme's efforts to feed hungry children. RCMA Executive Director DeWayne S...
Major Meeting Player HelmsBriscoe Targets Association Business
HelmsBriscoe associates booked 18,000 meetings in 2009 for a total of 3 million room nights. HB recently brought on a new executive to to boost its presence among associations....
New Travel Regulation for International Visitors Takes Effect
Effective January 20, inbound travelers to the United States from Visa Waiver Program countries may be denied boarding by the airlines if they haven’t complied with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. ...
The 2009 Hotel Scene: How Bad Was It?
Commentary: The Costs of Security Theater
At least one good thing resulted from the Christmas Day incident when would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 into Detroit. Finally, the phrase "security theater" has made its way into the public lexicon to describe the billions of dollars governments have spent slamming barn doors shut after the livestock have left the premises. ...
Snapshot of HelmsBriscoe in 2009: 18,000 Programs, 3 Million Room Nights
HelmsBriscoe has grown from a innovative idea in 1992 to a major force in the meetings industry. Here's a look inside the company's Annual Business Conference. ...
Aria Resort: Design and Service Take Center Stage
Walking into the Aria Resort & Casino, in the new $8.5 billion CityCenter complex in Las Vegas, is not like walking into any other casino-based resort in the city. The casino, even at 150,000 square feet, does not dominate. You don’t even see it at first. What stands out is design, art, architecture, the fact that this place is really interesting. ...
What Happens in Vegas Stays in … Budget
Planners concerned about the perception of Las Vegas as a meeting destination might try pitching the city as the biggest value in meetings right now. Room rates remain low, even as the hotel towers keep rising in the desert....
New Convention Center and Medical Mart Coming to Nashville
The Nashville Metro Council voted overwhelmingly to approve financing for the construction of the new Music City Center after a long and, at times, contentious debate. The approval of the new convention center also means that plans will go forward for the Nashville Medical Trade Center—a permanent medical trade show—at the site of the existing Nashville Convention Center. ...
Lawsuits Delay Construction of D.C. Headquarters Hotel
The proposed Marriott Marquis convention center hotel in Washington has been delayed in the courts by a spate of lawsuits. Months after one of the losing developers, JBG Properties Inc., filed a suit against the Washington Convention and Sports Authority for contracting practices, both Marriott and WSCA have responded with legal actions against JBG. ...
Dubai Renames World’s Tallest Tower for Abu Dhabi Sheik
After giving billions of dollars to his neighboring emirate to relieve its debt burden, Abu Dhabi Sheik Kalifah gets the tallest building in the world named after him....
Haiti Relief Flows from Meetings and Hospitality Industries
The world is reaching out to help the people of Haiti in the wake of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck 10 miles outside of Port-au-Prince on January 12. Here are some easy ways you can help the relief efforts, along with a list of some of the efforts under way from the meetings and hospitality industries...
Sustainable Meetings: Why Copenhagen Leads the Way
More than 15,000 participants from around the world converged in Copenhagen for two weeks in December during the United Nation’s 15th Climate Change Conference (COP15). The conference was a golden opportunity to showcase an impressive array of investments and initiatives that have put Copenhagen in the forefront of green-meetings destinations. Here's a look at a few:...
Chicago’s Labor Reform Plan Meets Opposition
Officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs Chicago's McCormick Place, are spearheading an effort to introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to reform labor rules and contractor practices at the convention center. With the backing of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, MPEA leaders say the current labor system hinders the city's ability to win and retain conventions. But not everyone is happy with the plan....
Cool Meetings Tools for 2010
2010? That can’t be right. It sounds so … so … futuristic. Mind you, 2009 had that same ring to it in about 1997, but 2010 just seems like an Arthur Clarke book title. (Actually, it is, but that’s another department.) Let’s take a look toward the 2010 horizon at the technologies that will affect the way meeting professionals manage and plan, and the way attendees interact with the world. ...
Longtime VISIT Milwaukee Associate Charles Davis Dies at Age 72
The city of Milwaukee lost one of its best ambassadors, and VISIT Milwaukee one of its finest representatives, when longtime associate Charles S. "Chuck" Davis died unexpectedly January 9 at the age of 72...
PCMA Engages Members in Dallas
Innovative meeting formats, new technology to engage members who are not on site, and attendance on track to beat last year's numbers are the hallmarks of the Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting under way in Dallas....
MPI's 2010 Futurewatch Survey
The hand-wringing is done, and now the meetings industry is “digging in and adapting.” That’s the conclusion of FutureWatch 2010, the eighth annual survey of meeting planners and suppliers conducted by Meeting Professionals International and American Express. We've got all the results....
ASAE Creates Mock Association for Young Members
What will the association of the future look like? The American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership is attempting to find out with its latest creation: a virtual association of young professionals. ...
Packed Program Planned for MeetDifferent
Meeting Professionals International brings its MeetDifferent conference to Cancun, Mexico, February 20–23, and as its title promises, organizers are trying out an array of educational formats in order to expose attendees to new ideas and enrich their experience....
Year in Review: Top 10 MeetingsNet Stories of 2009
A troubled economy, H1N1, strategic meetings management-even murder: Here’s a last look at our top 10 stories of 2009, as determined by the number of page views each of them logged on our MeetingNet Web site. ...
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