Post Con: After Hours with Michael Cerbelli 

Jan 4, 2012, By Barbara Scofidio

President of special events for Total Event Specialists/Total Entertainment and host of a reality TV show under development ...

FICP 2011 Annual Conference: Buzz and Substance 

Jan 4, 2012, By Alison Hall

Projecting the impression of an industry that is healthy, busy, and focused on education, around 650 meeting planners and hospitality partners gathered at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio in November....

Koleen Roach: FICP Member Profile 

Jan 4, 2012, By Alison Hall

FICP’s 2012 Chair is Koleen Roach, Director, Meetings & Conference Management, at Securian Financial Group ...

Hotels’ Secrets for Setting Room Rates 

Jan 4, 2012, By Mark Kustwan, CMP

Understanding the complex world of revenue management is your key to successful contract negotiations....

2012: The Year of Integration—or, Solving Problems by Making Them Bigger 

Jan 2, 2012, By Mitchell Beer, CMM

Colombia on the Rise as a Meetings Destination 

Dec 30, 2011, By Alison Hall

First of Ian Schrager’s PUBLIC Brand Opens in Chicago 

Dec 28, 2011

PUBLIC Chicago, the first of Ian Schrager’s new PUBLIC brand, opened in October....

Kids at Incentive Conferences: A Growing Trend 

Dec 27, 2011, By Alison Hall

Family-friendly incentive conferences can boost not just production, but loyalty....

Future Convention Cities Initiative Members Gather During COP17 

Dec 21, 2011, By Alison Hall

One of the Future Convention Cities Initiative member cities—Durban, South Africa—has just wrapped up successfully hosting the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Airfare Hikes Expected in 2012 

Dec 21, 2011, By Dave Kovaleski

EIBTM 2011: Where Tradition Met the Future 

Dec 20, 2011, By Alison Hall

Attracting more than 9,200 visitors and hosted buyers to Barcelona in early December, EIBTM marked an attendance increase of 10 percent over 2010....

The New China Is as Enthralling as the Ancient One 

Dec 20, 2011, By Regina Baraban

The Great Wall, the Forbidden City—plus modern art and microbrews. Check out the new China....

Do New VAT Rules Amount to a “Net Plus” or “Not Much” for U.S. Meeting Planners? 

Dec 20, 2011, By Alison Hall

The bottom line: VAT reclaim still too complex for you to go it alone....

Will Travel Be the Savior for European Economies? 

Dec 20, 2011, By Alison Hall

Tourism seems to be the only bright spot for European countries these days....

2011 Strong for Hotels  

Dec 20, 2011, By Dave Kovaleski

The U.S. hotel industry in 2011 marked gains in all three key metrics—occupancy, average daily rate, and revenue per available room. ...

Adrian Segar on the Power of Participation 

Dec 19, 2011, By Sue Hatch

Adrian Segar, author of Conferences That Work, Creating Events That People Love has a new book coming out in 2010 about how to bring more participation into meeting sessions....

Commentary: 5 Stories that Defined 2011 

Dec 19, 2011, By Mitchell Beer, CMM

Here are five stories from 2011, any or all of which could reshape the industry for years to come....

San Jose Officials Decide to Stay With Team San Jose Model 

Dec 19, 2011, By Dave Kovaleski

The innovative Team San Jose approach to convention center management has been given a vote of confidence....

Convergence, Wellness, and Doomsday: A Look At 2012 

Dec 19, 2011

My annual predictions for the year ahead...

Countdown Begins for Opening of New Atlantic City Giant 

Dec 12, 2011, By Sue Hatch

In Atlantic City, N.J., the opening of Revel, the first major casino project in 10 years, is just five months away. ...

Incentive Calculus: Is the Reward Worth My Time and Effort? 

Dec 9, 2011, By Alison Hall

Fully 95 percent of executives are worried about losing their key employees. Which makes sense, since nearly half of top performers reportedly are looking for another job. Can you design incentives that boost not just performance, but loyalty?...

Commentary: Three Fatal Flaws the Airlines Can’t Solve 

Dec 6, 2011, By Mitchell Beer, CMM

Last week's news that American Airlines had filed for bankruptcy should be all the wake-up call anyone needs to begin weaning meetings and events from their over-reliance on the airline industry. ...

Meeting Lead Times Are Longer and the Mid-Tier is Stronger: New AmEx Report 

Dec 6, 2011, By Sue Hatch

American Express Meetings & Events released its inaugural Meetings Forecast report....

Major Hotel and Infrastructure Improvements Precede APEC in Hawaii 

Dec 5, 2011, By Dave Kovaleski

Honolulu spruced up for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit....

PCMA and Reed Partner on IBTM Portfolio 

Dec 1, 2011, By Dave Kovaleski

The Professional Convention Management Association and U.K.–based Reed Travel Exhibitions have formed a strategic partnership in which PCMA will provide support for Reed’s IBTM exhibition portfolio starting in January 2012....

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