August 2010

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Cover Story

The Promise of Hybrid Meetings

The Promise—and the Challenge—of Blending Live and Virtual Events...

Check In with Editorial Director Betsy Bair

Why Association Virtual Meetings Are Like Print Publishers

No one wants to pay for virtual meetings. What's an association meeting manager to do...

Keynotes

Choice CEO: Group Biz is Key Growth Area

Stephen Joyce, CEO of Choice Hotels, explains his company’s group strategy...

Virtual Meetings and Exhibits Still Coming of Age

That was the question addressed during an engaging session at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events Mid Year Meeting in Boston...

Keynotes/Voices

Planners Respond: Have You Seen a Change in Room Rate Negotiations?

Is the improving economy helping or hurting your room rate negotiations...

Breakouts

RFP Response Malfunction

Steps meeting planners can take to improve response time to hotel Requests for Proposal...

7 Strategies to Avoid Membership Erosion in a Down Economy

How to use meetings to attract new members...

20 Ways to Save on Your Next Association Meeting

Tips for working with CVBs and shaving food and beverage costs...

Last Word

Commentary: 6 Ways You Can Help Prevent the Next Oil Spill

As images of spreading oil plumes, devastated Gulf Coast communities, and dead seabirds fill our TV screens, it's easy to warp back and forth between a sense of futility and an urge to assign responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe....

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