Moose International Commits to Milwaukee for 2013
Moose International has selected Milwaukee as the host city for its 2013 International Convention...
New Orleans and Indy Score PR Points at Super Bowl
The New Orleans Saints had just beaten the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLIV and Stephen Perry's cell phone was buzzing like crazy as he stood basking in the triumph of his hometown team at Sun Life Stadium in Miami...
EIBTM Honors Event Company for Top ROI Measurement
EIBTM, the European Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings exhibition, which wrapped up in December in Barcelona, has awarded a Finnish event-management company top honors for its use of ROI Methodology to measure the success of a client's meeting. Here's how it worked. ...
International Meetings Outlook: U.S. Organizations Sticking Close to Home
International meeting and incentive destinations suffered through major declines in group business in 2009, and the outlook is not much better for 2010, according to two recent reports. ...
Commentary: Making "Green Meetings" Redundant
My head is still spinning with ideas, enthusiasm, and wall-to-wall content from last week's 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference in Denver, hosted by the Green Meeting Industry Council....
Snow Cancels ASAE Tech Conference, but New Instant Event Emerges
The massive snowstorm that hit the East Coast this week caused the American Society for Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership to cancel its February 10–12 Technology Conference and Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. However, all was not lost. ...
Be in Your Attendee’s Pocket: Smart-Phone Apps for Meetings
9 Must-Have Apps for Meeting Pros
As long as you're dragging that smart phone everywhere you go, you may as well put it to work. We've rounded up nine must-have apps for meeting professionals (and a few more just for fun). All are built for the iPhone, but BlackBerry users take heart: some comparable applications are out there. ...
Homeland Security Charged with Controlling Meeting Spend
The U.S. Office of Inspector General is urging the Department of Homeland Security to have greater oversight and controls over money spent on conferences...
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...
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