Commentary: Climate Change is the New Competitive Advantage
A funny thing is happening on the way to the global climate change summit in Copenhagen in December...
Smart Research Leads to Better Meetings
For many associations planning their annual meetings, events, shows, or conferences, cost-cutting and related quick fixes may seem like the most prudent responses to the current economy...
Hotel Industry on Pace for Steep Declines in 2009
The hotel industry will end the year with near double-digit percentage declines in the major metrics used to measure performance, according to projections from Smith Travel Research, Hendersonville, Tenn...
ASAE Survey Says Virtual Meetings More Popular
A new study by ASAE and The Center reveals a growing interest by association professionals in attending virtual meetings...
Exhibitors Use Social Media to Promote Booths
Forty percent of exhibitors use online social media to promote their exhibits, according to a new study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research...
Hyatt Finds Work for Fired Housekeepers
Reacting to the outcry over the firing of 98 housekeepers at three Boston-area Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced September 25 that it has found full-time jobs in the Boston market for the displaced workers....
MPI Partners With CIC on CMP
Meeting Professionals International and the Convention Industry Council announced September 24 that they are partnering on the Certified Meeting Professional designation to make it more relevant to today’s planner....
Redefining "Social"
Worried that all that tweeting to off-site followers is making your attendees antisocial with the people in the room? Jeff De Cagna says instead of worrying, we should embrace interactions happening outside the meeting...
Headquarters Hotel in Portland Scrapped; Ground Is Broken on Dallas Hotel
Government officials in Portland, Ore., have scrapped plans to build a publicly financed, 600-room Westin headquarters hotel adjacent to the Oregon Convention Center...
Social Media Case Study: ASAE and The Center
How ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership uses social media to enhance its meetings...
Social Media: Are Meetings the Killer App?
When future historians look back on the early days of social media—the days we’re living through right now—they might find that some of the earliest “killer apps” for interactive technologies depended on the power of face-to-face meetings...
IAEE Publishes Pandemic Plan
Working with the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events has published a guide to help event organizers—particularly not-for-profit associations—handle today’s H1N1 flu pandemic should it affect their shows...
Pittsburgh Runs Afoul With G-20 Protest Groups
With thousands of protesters expected in Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit on September 24-25, the city has been working to create protest zones near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center...
German/Chinese Partnership Moves Shanghai Center Forward
The expansion of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) kicked off this summer after an additional $25 million investment by the project’s partners...
Using Virtual Technologies to Enhance Face-to-Face Meetings: A Free Webinar
Learn the language of videoconferencing, the kinds of meetings and events best suited to it, and the economies of different types of virtual technology in a free webinar organized by MeetingsNet on Tuesday, September 29, at 2 p.m. eastern time...
CIC Adds Voice to Meeting Industry PR Efforts
The Convention Industry Council has launched a public messaging task force to improve the image of meetings, the latest industry effort to battle the negative public perception of events and business travel...
Record Attendance at CIBTM
This year’s China Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM), held September 7–9 at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing, set attendance records, with hosted buyers from the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and China. Meetings Week China, a week of educational activities for the Chinese meeting and incentive industry, was announced for 2010....
Amsterdam RAI Center Offers Green Events; Opens New Sustainable Building
Exhibition and conference organizers headed to Amsterdam are now able to link up with Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre for help making their events at the convention center carbon-neutral...
Travel Promotion Act Gets Overwhelming Senate OK
A U.S. Senate vote has moved the Travel Promotion Act one step closer to becoming law...
BTC Shifts Position, Now Supports Oversight for Delayed Flights
The Business Travel Coalition has joined forces with nonprofit advocacy group FlyersRights.org to support passenger-rights legislation allowing airline passengers on domestic flights on U.S. carriers the option to exit an aircraft that has been delayed at least three hours on the tarmac...
H1N1: Ready or Not, Here it Comes
(Second of a two-part series) How should our industry respond to an emerging threat of uncertain severity? The same way we address any other contingency that jeopardizes the success of a meeting or the health and safety of participants ...
IAAM Gets Emergency Preparedness Grant
The International Association of Assembly Managers Foundation has received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to increase emergency preparedness in venues...
San Diego Convention Center Expansion Clears First Hurdle
A citizen’s task force appointed by Mayor Jerry Sanders gave the thumbs up to a $753 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center...
New Labor Policy in San Jose Aims for Efficiency, but Creates Confusion
A new labor policy at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center has created confusion and concern among exhibition contractors and organizers...
Unite Here Hotel Contracts Expire in Three Major Cities
Union contracts expired at 62 hotels in San Francisco on August 14, at 37 hotels in Chicago on August 31 at midnight, and are scheduled for renewal at a number of Los Angeles hotels in November...
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