Online Matchmaking Service for Speakers and Events
A new online service wants to become event organizers' No. 1 source for finding experts—paid and unpaid—to deliver keynotes, fill panels, and lead breakout sessions....
Promote the Value of Meetings: New Tool Kit for Planners
U.S. Travel Association has just released a new Keep America Meeting tool kit for meeting professionals and venues. ...
Pennsylvania Convention Center Eliminates Labor Management Fee
The Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority and its labor supplier, Elliott Lewis Corp., have agreed to eliminate the 8 percent labor management fee that has been charged to customers and exhibitors for supplying unionized labor services at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia...
Ralenkotter Calls for New National Agenda for Meetings
The new chairman of the U.S. Travel Association’s board of directors, Rossi Ralenkotter, began his term with a call for a new national agenda to strengthen the meetings industry. ...
MPI’s WEC Announces Keynoters
“Meeting professionals are architects of human connections,” says Bruce MacMillan, president and chief executive officer at Meeting Professionals International. So, MPI’s 2012 World Education Conference, July 28–31 in St. Louis, will be all about providing opportunities for attendees to create the connections that will propel their organizations to success. ...
Maritz + Experient Could Make a Market-Dominating Combination
Experient is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Maritz Travel, giving Maritz a presence across the corporate, association, trade show, and government meetings markets....
San Diego Consolidates Sales and Marketing Under CVB
The San Diego Convention Center Corp.is moving its sales and marketing efforts to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau effective July 1, making the bureau the sole sales and marketing organization for the destination. ...
GSA's "Wasteful" Conference Spending Leads to Firings, Resignation, New Oversight
Martha Johnson, the head of the U.S. General Services Administration, fired two of the agency's senior leaders, placed four conference organizers on administrative leave, and submitted her own resignation as a result of a report by the GSA's Inspector General on excessive spending at GSA's 2010 Western Regions Conference in Las Vegas....
Commentary: Is Airline Security Worth the Cost?
Do the pat-downs, full-body scans, and endless delays actually deter would-be terrorists?...
Creative Menu Planning on a Budget
Knowing peoples’ eating habits can help you save a bunch at your next event....
AIBTM Manager Moves to New U.K. Meetings Show
Steve Knight, who served as project director for the Baltimore-based AIBTM in 2011, its inaugural year, and had worked for Reed since 2005, is now exhibition director for the new The Meetings Show UK....
Meeting on Sustainable Meetings Coming to Montréal
The Green Meeting Industry Council's Sustainable Meetings Conference will be in Montréal April 22–25....
Meeting Pros Try Online Brainstorming Tool
Belgium-based Synthetron has a well-constructed online crowdsourcing tool....
Blogs and Meeting Planners
YouTube and Meeting Planners
Twitter and Meeting Planners
Facebook and Meeting Planners
Exclusive Survey: Social Media Usage by Meeting Planners
Are you the only one who feels crazed every minute of the day as you try to fit social media into your life? Is it helping your career, or your event promotion, or to keep you up-to-date on the industry? We decided to explore these and other questions and trends in our first-ever survey on social media use in the meetings industry. ...
10 Fresh Teambuilding Ideas
You know about ropes courses. And beach Olympics. But do you know how many new teambuilding ideas have come onto the scene in the past couple of years? Here are 10 ways to use teambuilding to get creative, give back, and have some fun!...
Commentary: Dawn of the Yottabyte—Don't Get Left in Big Data's Dust
The signs are everywhere that associations and corporations are relying more heavily on ever-larger volumes of data to guide their decisions. ...
Incentive Winners: CSR Doesn’t Matter, the Destination Does
Companies will have to work harder to choose relevant corporate social responsibility projects for incentive conferences....
IMEX Grows in Frankfurt and Las Vegas
The international incentive and meetings trade show marks its 10th year in Frankfurt and its second in Las Vegas with growth on both sides of the Atlantic....
DMAI's New Event Impact Calculator—What's Your Convention Worth?
The Event Impact Calculator, being rolled out by Destination Marketing Association International, helps meeting professionals understand the economic value of their events....
Post Con: After Hours with James Vachon
Get to know the chairman of the 8th Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum...
FICP Jumps into 2012 With Successful Northeast Region Meeting
Planners and suppliers connect, learn, and check out some choice Boston venues, including the renovated Marriott Long Wharf....
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