Solar (and Perhaps Wind) Energy to Power Atlantic City Convention Center
When you think of “green” and the environment, Atlantic City, N.J., is probably not the first place that comes to mind. ...
Global Events Partners Acquires Atlanta Arrangements, Appoints GEP Utah CEO
Global Events Partners, a partnership of destination management companies, announced it has acquired Atlanta Arrangements Inc., a DMC that has been operating in Atlanta for 40 years...
Expansion and Light Rail Open in Phoenix
With an expanded convention center, a new 1,000-room hotel, and the grand opening of a light-rail system connecting the convention center to downtown, the suburbs, and the airport, Phoenix begins a new era as a convention destination....
Massachusetts Law Hits Medical Conventions
Pending legislation in Massachusetts that would ban gifts and giveaways at medical conventions and restrict pharmaceutical and medical device company marketing practices has caused at least one medical society to cancel a meeting in Boston and several others to scratch Boston off their lists of potential meeting sites....
Cleveland Picks Site for New Convention Center
After months of debate over the location of Cleveland’s new convention center and medical mart, Cuyahoga County commissioners and Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., the project's private-sector developer, announced last week that they would build the new development at the site of the current city-owned convention center site and its adjacent green space in downtown Cleveland....
Making Connections in Europe, Australia
There’s a new conference taking place in Europe that promises to offer an effective platform for sharing the trends and challenges in the meetings industry. ...
Airlines and the Economy: Hot Topics at PCMA
They may not be able to get you out of the dreaded middle seat, but the heads of two major airlines, speaking at the recent Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, told meeting planners that they want to help get their attendees to their next meeting. ...
Industry to Work Together to Prove Power of Meetings
Leaders from across the meetings industry gathered Monday in New Orleans to launch an advocacy and research initiative to determine the economic impact of the meetings industry. ...
New Online Application Required for Certain Overseas Visitors
As of yesterday, January 12, all nationals and citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries are required by law to obtain a travel authorization prior to traveling to the U.S., instead of filling out paper forms at the airport. ...
Sneak Peak: FutureWatch 2009
The preliminary results from Meeting Professionals International’s annual membership survey, FutureWatch 2009, are in—and all signs point to meetings taking a beating in the year ahead. ...
San Diego Boycott Ongoing, but Effect “Negligible”
An ongoing boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego has led to the loss of some group business, according to a hotel spokesman....
New Auto Industry Show Launches in Indy
Although the automobile industry is sputtering, a new industry event is hoping to gain traction in Indianapolis....
In the Clink
One of Boston’s hottest new spots, The Liberty Hotel is carved out of the city’s infamous Charles Street Jail...
An Analysis of the Economy’s Impact on Meetings and Incentives by Market Segment
MeetingsNet magazines conducted online surveys/polls of readers to gauge the effects of the economic downturn on their meetings and incentives. ...
Green Is Good for the Bottom Line, Says New Report
Green meetings not only benefit the environment, they can help your budget. So says a new white paper developed by Meeting Strategies Worldwide, a Portland, Ore.–based meeting planning company....
IAEE and NTP to Partner on TS2, Research Center
TS2, also known as the trade show about trade shows, will now include a track for show organizers as well as for its traditional exhibitor audience, thanks to a new partnership between the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and National Trade Productions, which bought the show from the Trade Show Exhibitors Association five years ago. ...
Three Educational Events for Green Meetings
Three upcoming events for meeting planners and suppliers can help them to learn how their meetings and conventions can be more environmentally friendly....
ASAE Wins Trademark Suit Over Housing Company
The American Society of Association Executives won a lawsuit against housing company Complete Event ...
Mandarin Oriental Comes to Boston
Located on Boylston Street in Boston’s tony Back Bay area, The Mandarin Oriental, Boston opened its doors in October...
GM Bails Out of Meetings at NADA Convention
As General Motors seeks bailout money to stay afloat, it has canceled several meetings associated with next month’s National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans, according to published reports....
Hewlett-Packard’s Iwamoto Joins StarCite
High-profile travel and meetings executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. Kevin Iwamoto has joined StarCite Inc., Philadelphia, in the newly created position of vice president, enterprise strategy. ...
ASAE Establishes Seven Social Responsibility Principles
The boards of ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership adopted the Global Principles for Socially Responsible Associations and Nonprofits, which were first developed at the Global Summit on Social Responsibility back in April. ...
Hotel Room Rates Drop
For the first time in more than five years, hotel room average daily rates posted a year-over-year decline for the month, according to Smith Travel Research, further evidence of the emergence of a buyer’s market for meeting planners...
PCMA Set to Kick Off in New Orleans
Politics, the economy, a tailgate party---these are just some of the new twists and hot topics on the agenda for the 53rd Professional Convention Management Association annual meeting, to be held January 11-14 in New Orleans...
Mumbai Tourism Industry Reeling From Attacks
Last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which left at least 172 people dead and hundreds more injured, have shaken the meetings and tourism industries in the Indian city and the region...
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