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...
IACC Conference Centers Get New Tech Requirements
The International Association of Conference Centers has updated its minimum technology requirements for member facilities. ...
MPI Creates Council to Address Global Corporate Planners
Meeting Professionals International has recruited 18 high-level meeting professionals, most from large global corporations—and five who are not members of the association—for its new Executive Advisory Council. ...
Letter from Brenda Anderson, CEO, SITE, November 5, 2008
The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives has made several efforts to clear up misconceptions around incentive travel, which it says have been fostered by the media since AIG’s controversial meetings this fall in the wake of a government loan....
SITE Defends Incentives, Emphasizes ROI and ROO
The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives has made several efforts to clear up misconceptions around incentive travel, which it says have been fostered by the media since AIG’s controversial meetings this fall in the wake of a government loan...
FICP “Sets the Record Straight” on the Importance of Meetings
Financial & Insurance Conference planners has released a positioning statement to members responding to recent press coverage of excessive spending on meetings by some financial services and insurance companies. ...
Cisco Cancels Annual Sales Meeting
Cisco Systems has canceled its annual Global Sales Meeting. ...
Gaylord Cancels Plans for San Diego-Area Convention Resort
Gaylord Entertainment has canceled its plans to develop a $1 billion resort and convention hotel in the bayfront area of Chula Vista, Calif., just south of San Diego...
New Green Meeting Association Fails to Live Up to Claims
The Association for Green Meetings & Events, which launched last spring and in July reported having 236 paying members and 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, has yet to provide most of its promised member benefits and has failed to incorporate under Georgia law or file an application for tax-exempt status, according to the Internal Revenue Service...
FICP Planners and Hospitality Partners Regroup and Retool: Survey Results Show Incentives Moving Forward
Shell-shocked by the dire economy and concerned that meetings in the financial sector have become politically incorrect, the nearly 600 attendees at Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference in Cancun last week exemplified the message they’re trying to bring to corporate America: Face-to-face meetings with colleagues and business partners are one of the best ways to regroup, retool, and strategically move forward. ...
APEX Gets New Web Site, Commissioners
The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange program, also known as APEX, recently received a Web makeover and added two new commissioners to its roster....
Marriott Gets Candid with Customers on the Economy, Growth, and the Future of Meetings
A group of Marriott’s top corporate clients gathered last week to hear the hotel company’s president and COO, along with other executives, talk about the state of the company—and tackle some tough questions....
Convention Industry Council Announces 2010 CMP Exam Dates
The Convention Industry Council recently announced the dates and locations for its summer and winter 2010 Certified Meeting Professional examinations...
Meeting Measurement Company Wins Annual Technology Prize
GuideStar Research’s MeetingMetrics has taken home the 2008 technology prize from EIBTM, the Barcelona, Spain-based meetings and incentives exhibition...
Facing Public Outcry Over Incentives, FICP Planners Gather to Share Creativity and Strength
“It’s not the budget, it’s the perception.” That’s what more than one financial services meeting planner gave as the reason for their companies canceling incentive programs in 2009. ...
Mixed Election Results for Casino Resort Gambling
While America was electing its first African-American president, voters in several states were making decisions on issues impacting the meetings and travel industries...
CME Pros Celebrate New Certification Program
It took three years and more than 70 volunteers working thousands of hours, but now the continuing medical education profession has its first certification program. ...
Do Canceled Incentives Have Legal Consequences?
AIG’s recent decision to cancel 160 meetings and conferences, including recognition events, begs the question: Does a company have a legal obligation to provide alternative rewards to the qualifiers of canceled incentive trips?...
Travel Industry: On Tap for Obama
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association, is among the travel and tourism industry leaders expressing willingness to help U.S. President-elect Barack Obama understand the industry’s importance to economic recovery. ...
OP-ED: Saving the Economy Through Meetings
Bruce M. MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International, sent his thoughts on the intersection of meetings and the global financial crisis to the trade press and mainstream media. ...
The CMI 25 Takes a Bow
On September 21, 2008, the evening before The Motivation Show opened, Corporate Meetings & Incentives’ editors honored the 2008 CMI 25—the magazine’s list of the largest and most influential meeting and incentive companies—at an exclusive reception held at Fulton’s on the River in downtown Chicago. As a whole, the CMI 25 companies booked more than 29,800 corporate meetings and incentives last year, which represented more than 5.5 million room nights. Representatives from the top companies mingled with the magazine’s readers and event sponsors at what has become one of the show’s most exclusive private parties ...
Executive Retreat Planner: Content Rules
Corporate retreats are about the agenda, not the logistics. An interview with Bob Frisch, managing partner of The Strategic Offsites Group LLC, Boston....
Motivation Show 2008
Our editors scoured the trade show to find hot destination developments. ...
Airline Forecast ‘09
For 2009 and beyond, planners will need all the help they can get even to find sufficient airlift, let alone get their people in and out on time, without hassle, and within budget. If you are planning 6 or 9 months out, how can you be sure a destination is still going to work for you as the meeting draws closer? ...
Experient Names New VP of Sales and Marketing
Experient, the Twinsburg, Ohio–based meeting and event services provider, has named Rick Binford, CMP, to the role of executive vice president sales and marketing—the company’s top sales leadership position....
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