Survey: Association Meetings Executives Optimistic about 2010
International association executives suffered revenue downturns in 2009 but are looking ahead with optimism to 2010, ICCA reports....
J.D. Power European Rankings: Who’s the Crème de la Crème?
For the fifth year, J.D. Power and Associates has ranked European hotels in four levels, based on guest satisfaction surveys. See who's on top...
IMEX Association Day takes shape for 2010
Education and networking fill the day and evening at IMEX Association Day 2010, set for May 24 in Frankfurt. We've got the program....
Will You Get Screened? What You Need to Know about H1N1 and International Travel
The H1N1 flu pandemic has prompted some countries to implement screening procedures at airports for international travelers. The U.S. Department of State has issued an alert to U.S. citizens about what they might expect....
If You Have Attendees From Overseas, Get to Know ESTA
Meeting planners should get to know the U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorization program, says Helen Marano, director, tourism industries at the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism in Washington...
New Blog Launches for Interactive Meeting Technology
For those interested in the ways tech innovations can bring interaction and dialogue into the meeting environment, a new blog called Interactive Meeting Technology casts a wide net over the subject, with postings from European-based blogger Samuel Smith, who has a background in networking technology....
Exhibitions and the Under-40 Crowd: New Research
How do young professionals view meetings and exhibitions, and what can meeting professionals do to attract them? Those were the central questions explored in a study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, called “The Power of Exhibitions in the 21st Century: Identify, Discover, and Embrace Change from the Point of View of Young Professionals.”...
Commentary: Hotel Defaults—I Want to Believe
As I follow the conversation and listen to hoteliers’ reassurances about the wave of hotel defaults and foreclosures in this brutally tough economy, I’m pretty sure I know what Fox Mulder would say if he were here: I want to believe. ...
New Productivity Tools For Meeting Planners
Even with all the changes seen recently in mobile and social-networking technologies, 2010 may yet be a redefining year for how we communicate with one another. Game-changing hardware, operating systems, and ideas are on the horizon. Here are six to keep an eye on in the coming year...
TSEA Launches Hosted-Buyer Event
The Trade Show Exhibitors Association has become the latest industry association to introduce a hosted-buyers meeting, announcing the launch of its new event, Face-to-Face Connections...
Hotel Industry: Trending Upward?
The hotel industry saw marginal improvements in the third quarter, with occupancy and revenue per available room improving slightly from second-quarter numbers...
Why Exhibit Spending Was Down in 2009
The average company allocated 34 percent of its marketing budget to exhibitions in 2009, down slightly from 36 percent in 2008, according to a new study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research...
IMEX America Debuts in Vegas in 2011
A partnership between IMEX and MPI brings IMEX America to the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas in 2011. That makes two new mega trade shows for the meetings and incentives industry launching in 2011....
Who's Afraid of Swine Flu?
Corporate travel managers and business travelers are not curtailing their trips because of swine flu fears, according to a recent study by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports widespread flu outbreaks in most states....
Commentary: Airlines Are Greenwashing...But Do They Know It?
A strong whiff of greenwashing was in the air earlier this month, when the International Air Transport Association confidently presented its sustainability plan to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
Washington Headquarters Hotel Project Delayed
Washington, D.C.’s plan to build a headquarters hotel for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center is caught in a legal snag, but officials hope to resolve the issues and break ground by the end of the year...
Michael Hatch Joins Fantail
Fantail Consulting & Technologies, a Columbia, Md.–based company that offers computing solutions for the nonprofit meetings industry, has announced that Michael J. Hatch has joined the company as president...
New Sports and Meetings Authority Created For Washington, D.C.
The Washington Convention Center Authority, which owns and manages the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, has merged with the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission to create a new entity...
PCMA Announces 2009 Achievement Award Winners
The Professional Convention Management Association has announced its 2009 Achievement Award winners. The honorees will be recognized at the 54th PCMA Annual Meeting in Dallas, January 10–13, 2010. ...
Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards Confound International Travelers
Be aware that most European countries now use credit cards with microprocessor chips rather than magnetic strips. Your credit card might not work in some cases....
Mexico Recovers; Targets Association Meetings
Mexico's meeting industry was hit hard by swine flu, violence, the recession, and declining corporate meetings. But Eduardo Chaillo of the Mexican Tourism Board sees hope ahead....
Commentary: The Shape of Things to Come
In the last few weeks, I’ve begun to wonder whether the meetings industry as we know it will survive the outside pressures that are lining up against face-to-face gatherings...
Six Elements of a Virtual Conference
Anthony Allen doesn't think virtual conferences will replace live meetings, but he does believe they are changing the very definition of a conference...
Checklist: 10 Ways to Save (But Not Kill the Experience!)
At The Motivation Show in late September, the agenda was filled with useful educational sessions, but perhaps none more so than “10 Ways to Cut Costs and Retain Quality”—the mantra of meeting professionals in this challenging economy...
Speedier E-RFPs?
Elite Meetings International, a provider of integrated technology solutions for meeting and hospitality professionals, announced at The Motivation Show in Chicago last week a new electronic RFP process, called SpeedRFP...
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