Plan Meetings? You Could Be the Star of AIBTM
The inaugural America Meetings & Events Exhibition, or AIBTM, to be held in Baltimore, Md., in June, will attract 2,000 hosted buyers—the “stars of the show,” according to AIBTM organizers. Here's how to apply....
Oil Price Spike Will Affect Airfares in 2011
It looks like the increase in airfares in January 2011 is only the beginning....
Expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center Opens Its Doors
The expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 4....
Hilton and Unite Here Reach Contract Agreement
The deal for workers in San Francisco, Chicago, and Honolulu, still needs to be ratified. ...
After the Earthquake: Meetings in Japan
State Department issues travel alert for Japan post-earthquake and tsunami....
Washington to Kill Tourism Budget, CVBs Fight Back
With Washington state lawmakers poised to eliminate all funding for tourism promotion at the end of this fiscal year, the state’s convention and visitors bureaus are banding together to create their own mechanism to attract visitors....
Caution: Higher Hotel Rates Ahead
The combination of a recovering economy and cost pressures for hotels will lead to higher room rates for meeting planners...
Five Hotels File for Chapter 11
Five major U.S. hotels filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February....
eTouches Adds Mobile Apps
eTouches, an event technology company in Ridgefield, Conn., is making it simple for customers of its Web-based meeting planning tools to launch mobile apps for their meetings and events....
Team San Jose Names New CEO
Two months after longtime leader Daniel Fenton resigned, Team San Jose hired Bill Sherry as its new chief executive officer. ...
Meetings Industry Executives Form Alliance
The chief executives of five exhibition industry organizations have formed an alliance through which they will meet regularly to explore opportunities to cooperate on matters of mutual interest...
AMCs Saw More Demand for Outsourced Meeting Services, More Jobs, in 2010
Not many organizations were hiring in 2010 as unemployment rates hovered just below 10 percent, but association management companies were bucking that trend...
Commentary: A Peak-Oil Survival Kit for Meetings
There was a moment during the Green Meeting Industry Council’s 2011 Sustainable Meetings Conference when more than 300 meeting professionals glimpsed the end of the world as they’ve known it....
Roger Dow Honored With Spirit of Hospitality Award
The meetings, travel, and tourism community paid tribute to Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, bestowing him with the Spirit of Hospitality Award....
New Digital Events Strategist Certification to Launch
The Virtual Edge Institute will launch a program in June to train and certify event marketers, meeting professionals, trade show managers, and others in the fast-growing—and fast-changing—field of digital events. ...
Commentary: More Work Ahead on Economic Impact
With the release of the Convention Industry Council’s economic significance study, U.S. meeting professionals can confidently claim to be part of an industry that contributes more to the national economy than auto manufacturing. ...
Meetings Industry Measured at $263 Billion, Says Major New Report
The new Economic Significance of Meetings to the U.S. Economy study estimates that meetings generated $263 billion in direct spending, supported 1.7 million jobs, and contributed $106 billion to the gross domestic product. ...
AIME 2011 Sees 32 Percent Increase in Visitors
The Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo in Melbourne, Australia, drew more exhibitors, too....
All-Inclusive Packages for Meetings: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
What's in and what's out when you book an all-inclusive property for a meeting?...
10 TTAB Recommendations for a Better Visa Process
International visitors to the U.S. increased about 10 percent last year compared to 2009, but the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board says changes in U.S. visa policy and customer service are needed....
Commentary: EventCamp Must Keep Evolving
The EventCamp conferences have covered a lot of ground since the group’s first meeting in New York in February 2010. But great success breeds greater expectations. ...
Introduction to International Meeting Contracts
Two meeting industry biggies release helpful international contracts document....
VAT Reaches Peak in United Kingdom
If you work with a VAT Reclaim company, do increases in Value Added Tax matter?...
Bigger and Busier: CEIR Says Exhibitions Show Positive Growth
Signs of economic improvement in the meetings and conventions industry continue to emerge, with the latest being year-end data on the health of the exhibitions industry. ...
Lessons Learned From Going Hybrid: Three Case Studies
At the Virtual Edge Summit in January, three association executives spoke about their inaugural 2010 hybrid events and the lessons learned from their first efforts....
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