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Where to begin? It's the first question every Web user asks. So, rather than surfing, dive into these 100 sites:
Airlines/Delays/Info
- Airline Toll-Free Numbers and Web sites
www.geocities.com/Thavery2000/ - RoutesInternational.com
www.routesinternational.com/all.htm - Federal Aviation Administration's airport conditions
www.fly.faa.gov - FlightArrivals.com
www.flightarrivals.com
Audiovisual
- AV Avenue
www.avavenue.com
Cruises
- CLIA — Cruise Lines International Association
www.cruising.org
Currency Converters
- Universal Currency Converter
www.xe.com/ucc/ - Cheat Sheet for Travelers
www.oanda.com/converter/travel?lang=en - World Currency Exchange
www.rubicon.com/passport/currency/currency.html
Customs
- U.S. Customs Service
www.customs.ustreas.gov - World Customs Organization
www.wcoomd.org
CVBs
- ConventionBureaus.com
www.conventionbureaus.com - Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
www.towd.com - Asian Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus
www.aacvb.org
DMCs
- British Association of Conference Destinations
www.bacd.org.uk - The DMC Network
www.dmcnetwork.com - Euromic
www.euromic.com - Global Events Partners
www.globaleventspartners.com - Networld
www.networld.com - World of Incentives
www.woinetwork.com
Golf Events
- ePlanGolf.com
www.eplangolf.com - Meeting Industry Ladies Open
www.clubmilo.com - Fore Site Sports
www.foresitesports.com
Hot Dates
- Hot Dates Hot Rates
www.hotdateshotrates.com - HotMeetingDates.com
www.hotmeetingdates.com
Incentives
- Corporate Meetings & Incentives
www.industryclick.com/magazine.asp?magazineid=283&SiteID=2 - Incentive Marketing Association
www.incentivemarketing.org - Incentive Promotion Campaign
www.incentivecentral.org - Sales & Marketing Network
www.info-now.com
International Holidays
- Earth Calendar
www.earthcalendar.net - Encyclopedia of Days
www.shagtown.com/days/ - World Public Holidays Database
www.tyzo.com/tools/holidays.html
Meeting Industry Associations
- Alliance of Meeting Management Cos.
www.ammc.org - Convention Industry Council
www.conventionindustry.org - International Congress and Convention Association
www.congresscity.com - International Association of Conference Centers
www.iacconline.com - International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus
www.iacvb.org - International Association of Professional Congress Organizers
www.congresses.com/iapco - Meeting Professionals International
www.mpiweb.org - Professional Convention Management Association
www.pcma.org - Society of Corporate Meeting Professionals
www.scmp.org - Society of Incentive and Travel Executives
www.site-intl.org
Meeting Planning Info
- 3M Meeting Network
www.3m.com/MeetingNetwork/ - BusinessMeetings.com
www.businessmeetings.com/index.php3 - Conferon
www.conferon.com - Effective Meetings
www.effectivemeetings.com - Meeting Industry Mall
www.mim.com - MeetingsNet
www.meetingsnet.com
Meeting Technology
- ASPnews.com
www.aspnews.com - Cardinal Communications
www.cardinalweb.com - Corbin Ball Associates
www.corbinball.com - Meeting Guide
www.mmaweb.com/cgi-bin/meetingsearch/search.cgi?business=software - Meeting Professionals Network
www.mpnetwork.com/mpscripts/Resources/STools.asp - Open Directory Project Guide
http://dmoz.org/Business/Industries/Hospitality/Software/Event_Planning/ - Passkey
www.passkey.com
Motivation/Recognition
- Awards and Recognition Association
www.ara.org - Better Workplace Now
www.betterworkplacenow.com - National Association for Employee Recognition
www.recognition.org - Nelson Motivation
www.nelson-motivation.com
Site Selection
- EventClicks
www.eventclicks.com - EventPlanner
www.eventplanner.com - Green Hotels Association
www.greenhotels.com - Get There.com
www.getthere.com - HotelGuide.com
www.hotelguide.com - Hotel & Travel Index Online
www.htihotelink.com - Industry Meeting Network
www.industrymeetings.com - MADSearch
www.madsearch.com - Industry Meeting Network
www.industrymeetings.com - mPoint.com
www.mpoint.com - Meetings411
www.meetings411.com - MeetingFacilities.com
www.meetingfacilities.com - MeetingLocations.com
www.meetinglocations.com - MeetingPath
www.meetingpath.com - mpbid.com
www.mpbid.com - PlanSoft
www.plansoft.com - Procurepoint
www.procurepoint.com - Resorts and Lodges.com
www.resortsandlodges.com - Resort Source
www.resortsource.com - StarCite
www.starcite.com - Unique Venues.com
www.uniquevenues.com - Venue Directory.com
www.venuedirectory.com - Worldwide Meeting Locators
www.meetinglocators.com
Speakers
- National Speakers Association
www.nsaspeaker.org
Special Events
- BizBash
www.bizbash.com - International Special Events Society
www.ises.com - Special Events magazine
www.specialevents.com - The Special Event Show
www.thespecialeventshow.com
Time Calculators
- World Time Zones
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html - North American Time Zones and GMT
http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/ieis/time.html - Time Zone Converter
www.timezoneconverter.com
Trade Shows
- Trade Show Research.com
www.tradeshowresearch.com - TSNN.com
www2.tsnn.com
Training
- American Society for Training & Development
www.astd.org - MPI Online Learning
www.mpiweb.org/education/online_edu - Training Supersite
www.trainingsupersite.com
Travel Tips
- Tips 4 Trips
www.tips4trips.com - Lonely Planet
www.lonelyplanet.com - Rudy Maxa
www.rudymaxa.com
Weather
- Intellicast
www.intellicast.com - USA Today Weather
www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm - The Weather Channel
www.weather.com
Another Link in the Chain
Corbin Ball, CMP, technology guru and CMI columnist, has put together one of the most comprehensive lists of meeting planning software links on the Web at his site, www.corbinball.com. Here are some of the dozens of sites he suggests:
Audience Polling Systems
- Audience Response Solutions
www.audience-response-solutions.com - Communications Technology
www.consensor.com - MeetingNet Interactive Systems
www.meeting-net.com
Banquet Seating
- Banquet-Tracker
www.nwsoftware.com/mktg/banquet.htm - Book King — Facility Management Software
www.bookking.ca - RSVP Events
www.rsvp-seating.com
Budgeting
- EventSource
www.eventsource.com - MeetingWare Budget
www.meetingware.com - Meetingworks.com
www.meetingworks.com
Housing
- b-there.com
www.b-there.com - PGI — Housing Online
www.houseol.com - Planit Online — Online Meeting Planner
www.planitonline.com
Incentive Meetings
- Aspire — Altour Incentive Management
www.4aspire.com - Incentivecity
www.incentivecity.com - PaxTracker
www.paxtracker.com
Meeting Management
- a2zShow.com
www.a2zshow.com - Eventcentric Inc.
www.eventcentric.com - iNetEvents
www.inetevents.com
Registration — Badging
- 123Signup
www.123signup.com - Afficient
www.afficient.com - Badgepro
www.badgepro.com
Scheduling
- Event Software
www.eventsoftware.com
Surveys
- Inquisite
www.inquisite.com - PollNow
www.freepoll.com - Zoomerang
www.zoomerang.com
