10 TTAB Recommendations for a Better Visa Process
International visitors to the U.S. increased about 10 percent last year compared to 2009, but the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board says changes in U.S. visa policy and customer service are needed....
Commentary: EventCamp Must Keep Evolving
The EventCamp conferences have covered a lot of ground since the group’s first meeting in New York in February 2010. But great success breeds greater expectations. ...
Introduction to International Meeting Contracts
Two meeting industry biggies release helpful international contracts document....
VAT Reaches Peak in United Kingdom
If you work with a VAT Reclaim company, do increases in Value Added Tax matter?...
CSR at Meetings: The Case for Not Doing Something
Thrivent Financial’s Director of Event Planning and Recognition Dan Young, CMP, had an epiphany several years ago. He weighed the time, money, and effort involved in setting up a community service activity at a meeting against the value of the project to the recipient organization and the benefit to Thrivent meeting attendees, and found the equation out of balance....
Commentary: A Slight Overshoot on Virtual Events
Virtual platform provider ON24 combined fact with fiction early this year when it critiqued the green performance of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show....
Commentary: A "Shush" Heard Around the Room
It was a "shush" that resonated across a roomful of meeting and association professionals....
Check in With Barbara Scofidio: Hooked on Smartphones
Welcome to the future of meetings...
Industry Designations: Which One Is For You?
The industry's array of certification programs offers corporate meeting professionals in-depth training as well as opportunities to benchmark their skills against others in the field. ...
App Happy: How to Put Your Corporate Meeting on Attendees' Smartphones
Create a mobile meeting guide for your next meeting...
iPads Power Hilton Meeting
Hilton gives attendees at its owners meeting their own iPads, complete with customized meeting app....
Webinar Highlights: Getting Buy-In for Your SMM
Don’t be surprised if some of the things you thought would be the biggest hurdles to getting buy-in for your strategic meetings management program turn out to be little problem at all. ...
Demonstrate Your Value: 12 Big Ideas from FICP Northeast
The Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Northeast Winter Meeting kicked off a yearlong educational theme at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston....
Your Chance to Be Fearless: Attend EventCamp February 11–13
Specifically designed for event professionals looking to integrate technology and new media into their meetings and special events, EventCamp is "a playground for creativity" and "an experiment in meeting planning."...
IMEX America Lands U.S. Travel as Promotion Partner
IMEX America, the new meeting and incentive industry exhibition launching in Las Vegas in October, has another high-profile partner, the U.S. Travel Association....
MPI Opens Web Content to Nonmember Planners
In an effort to bring more meeting planners into its online community, Meeting Professionals International announced today that it will offer free access to many of the services that, until now, were reserved for members only....
CIC Examines Costs of Event Spec Exchanges
Inefficient, inaccurate, and costly: That may be the best way to describe communications between meeting professionals and hotels, say leaders at the Convention Industry Council....
Sponsorship Dollars for Events Climb in 2010
For the many organizations that see sponsorships as a critical revenue stream, the news is good: Sponsor purse strings are loosening. ...
Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum Coming March 27-29
For those who plan pharma, medical device, and other life sciences-related meetings, there’s another learning and networking opportunity right around the corner. The 7th Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum, also co-organized by CBI and MM, will be held March 27-29 at the Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia....
Green Meeting Association Aims for Innovative Conference Design
The Green Meeting Industry Council is promising some outside-the-box programming at its annual Sustainable Meetings Conference, February 20–23 in Portland, Ore. ...
Trend Spotting for Meeting Planners: Oil, AA, SMM, CEOs
The price of meetings is going up—and not just because of increased demand and the swing to the seller’s market. StarCite's Kevin Iwamoto has his eye on the price of oil, too, and the move by American Airlines to reduce its own distribution costs thereby potentially increasing your booking costs. Here's how it could play out—and why you must be prepared to manage another round of meeting and travel spending cuts....
Commentary: I Have Seen the Future
Last week, I saw the future of meeting venues.
Just 88 days before the April opening date for the new Ottawa Convention Centre, members of the OCC Advisory Board donned hard hats, steel-toed boots, reflective vests, and safety glasses to tour a project for which the local meetings industry had been fighting, lobbying, and begging for 15 years....
PCMA: High Rolling in Vegas
A record crowd is gathered in Las Vegas for Convening Leaders, the annual meeting of the Professional Convention Management Association. ...
Do Most Companies Outsource Meeting Logistics?
Get the answer from our real-time poll on our new SMM portal—the place to go for SMM tips, tools, education, and benchmarking...
Commentary: Defending the Meetings That Matter
Convention centers are at ground zero for many of the changes that are sweeping the meetings industry. So it’s encouraging that the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC) is emphasizing the impact and results that make face-to-face meetings worthwhile....
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