Association Meeting Attendees Join Occupy Protesters
Hundreds of nurses attending the annual convention of the Massachusetts Nurses Association marched with Occupy Boston protesters on October 5....
Unions, McCormick Place Reach Agreement on Work Rules in Chicago
The labor unions and McCormick Place officials have agreed on new labor reforms, which go into effect November 1, and the unions will ask the courts to dismiss a lawsuit they filed against the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs McCormick Place....
Commentary: TED's Monopoly on Cool
It’s time to rethink the extent of TED’s influence on the way we view, package, prioritize, and interact with content. ...
EIBTM Announces Tech Winner, New Exhibitors at Next Month’s Show
After receiving a record-breaking 56 entries, EIBTM has just announced the winner of its Technology Watch contest—ITN International, a U.S.–based company that has created what EIBTM calls “the ultimate delegate pass.” ...
MPI Releases Findings of CSR Study
Meeting Professionals International has released the findings of Phase 1 of a three-year study on corporate social responsibility in the meetings industry. ...
Caesars Restructures Meetings Business, Sales Force
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is expanding its consolidated meetings sales and services model companywide, allowing clients to work with a mix of properties and venues with a single contact, contract, and minimum. ...
Allied Rebrands as AlliedPRA
Destination management firm Allied International has rebranded as AlliedPRA Destination Management. ...
Young Malaysian Bureau Takes Key Marketing Steps
The two-year-old Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau, known as MyCEB, has rolled out the first phase of a Web site....
Proposed Government Ban Could Chill Meetings
A new government policy could have chilling effects on the association meetings industry....
New Online Directory of Virtual Events Suppliers
The Virtual Edge Institute has launched an online virtual events directory, cataloguing and profiling the services and solutions of more than 400 suppliers in 20 categories....
PCMA Invests in Virtual and Hybrid Meetings
New Event Calculator Tool Measures Your Meeting's Impact
A powerful new calculator tool launched last week helps destination marketing organizations, or convention and visitor bureaus, prove the value of meetings and conventions to their local economies. ...
How Associations Can Get More Sponsorship Dollars
If association leaders would adopt a new approach to corporate partnerships, they could claim a much larger share of the North American sponsorship market, a new study by IEG concludes...
Meetings Industry Associations Change Names
Hawaii Prepares to Host World Leaders at Major Economic Conference
Social Media Is Not a One-Way Billboard
One of the buzzwords of 2011 is “community.” Everyone wants to build one, sustain it, and potentially profit from it. The question is, how do you build one around your event that is vibrant, active, and passionate? That’s one of the things we asked Justin Ramers, director of social media, and Eric Olson, general manager of events, with The Active Network, which offers online event management, marketing solutions, and registration software. ...
Bill Could Cut Visa Wait Times for Travelers to U.S.
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011," wants to move three key reforms forward that are designed to open up the flow of approved visitors to the U.S....
Local Budget Cuts Don’t Keep This Association’s Meeting Down
APCO goes grassroots, uses video to boost attendance ...
Five Steps to a Great Supplier Relationship
When it comes to working with meeting suppliers, don’t let your online communications get in the way of your offline relationships. They’re still critical, says Cvent’s Lisa English. ...
New Meetings Technology Site Inspection Checklist
A new technology site inspection checklist, TechSpec, is available free from meetings technology specialists Jim Spellos, CMP, and Corbin Ball, CMP, CSP. ...
Commentary: The $16 Muffin—An Argument That Meetings Can’t Win
Last week's mini-storm over an auditor's report charging the U.S. Department of Justice with overspending at conferences during 2008 and 2009—including repeated references to a $16 muffin—showed how vulnerable our industry is to another backlash over costs....
Meeting Leaders Blast Proposal to Limit Federal Employees From Attending Events
Regulations proposed by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics would expand the Lobbyists Gift Ban, preventing federal government employees from attending most trade events and exhibitions where their attendance is paid for by lobbying organizations or lobbyists. ...
Political Fall-Out Continues from DOJ Conference Audit
Meeting spending is in the political crosshairs again. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Tuesday, September 20, criticizing excessive conference spending by the Department of Justice in 2008 and 2009. ...
Commentary: The Saga of Bonehead—Twitter Goes Local
The saga of Bonehead the Cat may carry some useful lessons for the way meetings generate interest and contacts in host communities....
Countdown to IMEX America
IMEX Group is reporting that more than 2,000 hosted buyers are expected in Las Vegas for IMEX America October 11–13....
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