Diversity a Focus at ASAE Annual Meeting
The importance, and challenges, of fostering diversity in associations will be a keynote topic at the American Society of Association Executives annual meeting, coming up August 16 to 19 at the San Diego Convention Center...
Airlines Call For Limits on Oil Speculators
Thanks to pressure from a coalition led by the Air Transport Association, a bill has been introduced in Congress that would limit excessive speculation by investors, which, the coalition says, is responsible for some of the increase in oil costs, driving up prices $20 to $60 per barrel. ...
Webinars, Forum Precede MPI’s World Education Conference
Meeting Professionals International is introducing some changes with this year’s World Education Congress, starting with the way attendees prepare for the event....
IAEE Creates Air Transportation Task Force
Citing an air-travel environment that has reached crisis proportions, the board of directors of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events voted to create the Air Transportation Crisis Task Force, charged with examining and anticipating key air travel issues that will affect meetings and events, and recommending best practices on how members can deal with these challenges. ...
Hotel Development Overseas
There’s no sign of a slow-down in the development of hotels overseas. Here is a sampling...
Registered Traveler Company Courts Meetings Market; Atlanta Picks Clear
On June 12, FLO Corp., a Registered Traveler enrollment provider, announced a new a distribution agreement with Advantage Performance Network, a meetings, incentives, and corporate travel company headquartered in Savage, Minn. Six days later, FLO had more news: another partnership, this time with Universal Meeting Management Inc., a meetings management company located in Raleigh, N.C. ...
IAEE Considers Expulsion of a Member
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events is considering expelling one of its members for allegedly soliciting members to book hotel rooms for IAEE Expo! Expo! without being the official housing bureau. ...
MPI Announces 2008-2009 International Board of Directors
The Meeting Professionals International 2008-2009 Board of Directors assumed their new roles on July 1....
New Green Meeting Association and Certification Launched
The newly formed Association for Green Meetings & Events has developed the first certification for planners and suppliers interested in greening their meetings: The Certification in Green Meetings and Events. The 25-hour certification process will be launched at the association’s first meeting August 24 to 27 in Long Beach, Calif....
New CEIR Report Reveals Attendee Characteristics
The average attendee spends 8.3 hours and 2.3 days per event viewing exhibitions, according to new research on attendee preferences and characteristics conducted by Exhibit Surveys Inc. for the Center for Exhibition Industry Research....
Greenbrier and Its Unions Ink No Strike, No Lockout t Deal
While The Greenbrier Resort and its labor unions have not reached a contract settlement, the two parties did sign a “no strike, no lockout” agreement through January 4, 2009, or until a new contract has been signed—whichever comes first. ...
Welsh Named President and CEO of the Indianapolis CVA
The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Authority has tapped Donald Welsh to become its new president and CEO, effective August 1. Welsh, who most recently served as president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, was selected after a nationwide search of more than 100 applicants. ...
New Electronic Travel Authorization Rule
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced its interim final rule on a system that requires travelers from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program to provide biographical information electronically before boarding a U.S.-bound airplane or cruise ship...
Message for Exhibition and Convention Executives: “Get Deviant”
Greg Reid, chief marketing officer of YRC Worldwide, had an interesting message for the 170 people who gathered last week at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center for the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum: Get deviant. ...
Unite Here Workers Strike in Boston
About 350 food service union workers with Unite Here Local 26 went on strike this weekend in Boston, picketing out in front of both the Hynes Convention Center and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. ...
Finalists for World’s Best Congress Centre
AIPC, the International Association of Congress Centres, has announced 18 finalists in this year’s AIPC Apex Award competition for World’s Best Congress Centre. ...
Meet at Marriott, Save the Rain Forest
In May, Marriott International signed an agreement with the Brazilian State of Amazonas to commit $2 million to an environmental management plan administered by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation....
Hilton Sets Green Goals, Names Sustainability VP
Hilton Hotels Corp. announced four major sustainability goals for its family of hotels that it hopes to attain by 2014...
Courtesy’s Stampfli Steps Down; David Marriott Takes On Hotel Operations Role
Sheila Stampfli, president of Courtesy Associates, a Washington D.C.–based conference and events management firm owned by SmithBucklin, will step down from her position at the end of the year. Stampfli has held the position since 1997 and was instrumental in directing the national and international growth of the firm for more than 40 years....
Meetings Industry Partners Launch CMP Study Day
The Convention Industry Council is partnering with the Professional Convention Management Association, the International Association of Conference Centers, and Content Management Corp. to launch CMP International Study Day—an initiative to help meeting professionals study for the upcoming Certified Meeting Professional exam at live events held simultaneously across North America....
ASTM/APEX Ink Deal to Develop Green Standards
Last week, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between ASTM International and the Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange Commission for the development of environmental standards for the meetings and convention industry. ...
Stricter ADA Rules Proposed
A proposal that calls for stricter enforcement of the Americans With Disabilities Act is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 17. ...
Association Cancels Meeting at The Greenbrier Due to Labor Uncertainty
As it works through contract negotiations with its labor unions, The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., has seen several meeting cancellations...
What’s the Economy Doing to Hotel Room Rates?
The economy and gas prices are affecting hotel demand, but are they affecting room rates yet...
Former Orlando CVB President, Bill Peeper, Joins Destination Consulting Firm
Bill Peeper, who retired as president of the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2006 after 25 years of service, has come out of retirement to join Maitland, Fla.-based consulting company, OCG as senior project advisor....
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