Hotel Demand Rushes Back, But Meetings Will Decide if Recovery Holds
STR reports the biggest quarterly demand increase in its history—of course, that's compared to a pretty bad quarter in 2009. Here's some insight....
PMPN Becomes PlannerNet, Expands Overseas
The meeting management company formerly known as the Professional Meeting Planning Network, or PMPN, has changed its name to PlannerNet and expanded into worldwide markets. ...
MeetGreen Named Sustainability Partner for IMEX America
IMEX America, booked for its inaugural show at the Sands Expo Convention Center at the Venetian/Palazzo October 11–13, 2011, will work with MeetGreen as its sustainability consultant, to continue the strong environmental track record of the IMEX Group....
New Headquarters Hotel Breaks Ground in Columbus, Ohio
On July 13, 2010, groundbreaking took place for the new Hilton Columbus Downtown, a full-service convention hotel expected to open in fall 2012....
Meetings Industry Mourns Buck Hoyle
Leonard “Buck” Hoyle, CAE, CMP, a 36-year veteran of the association and meetings industry, passed away on Saturday, July 17, after a brief battle with prostate cancer....
Cvent Creates Quick e-RFP Option
Cvent, a McLean, Va.–based event technology provider, has released a major upgrade to its online request for proposal tool, the Cvent Supplier Network...
Commentary: Answering the Right Questions
One of the lasting lessons of the recent economic crash is that no meeting should expect to survive if it can’t demonstrate its value. The multimillion-dollar question is whether we know how to track and report that value in a way that makes sense to clients and decision-makers....
Cisco Jumps Into the Events Business
Cisco Systems, the San Jose, Calif.–based technology giant, has announced plans to market its suite of collaborative communications tools to the events industry....
Can You Cancel Your Gulf Coast Meeting Without Penalty?
As oil continues to wash up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, companies with upcoming meetings in the Gulf region face tough decisions about whether to pull the plug—and concerns about the penalties if they do....
Wife Indicted in Meeting Planner's Death
Federal authorities have brought charges against four individuals in the slaying of meeting planner Ben Novack—including his wife. Novack, the owner of Convention Concepts Unlimited, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was found dead in his hotel room in Rye Brook, N.Y., on July 12, 2009, where he was orchestrating a convention for Amway Global International....
New Upscale Conrad Hotel to Open in New York City
A new Conrad hotel, Hilton Worldwide's luxury brand, is under construction adjacent to New York's new Freedom Tower....
First-Ever Senior Meeting Manager Survey, including stats on outsourcing and preferred suppliers
The first-ever stats on salaries, staffing, strategic meetings management and more—exclusively from senior meeting managers...
You Can Plan Rich Incentive Events With a Lean Budget
Tighter budgets and continuing perception concerns have many companies toning down their incentive programs. Here’s how one planner ditched the extravagance but kept the wow. ...
Meetings and Events Survey by Carlson Wagonlit Travel, including outsourcing info
Companies missing opportunity to save on meetings spending, says CWT Travel Management Institute....
What Will It Take For Us to Go Green?
It’s impossible to view photos of the oil-soaked birds of the Gulf region and not start to feel sick yourself....
MeetGreen Names Sustainability Partner for IMEX America
New meeting industry event partnerships at IMEX America, AIBTM, and PCMA Virtual Edge are booming, with hopes of luring attendees and exhibitors...
IMEX Honors the Best in Sustainable Meetings
The 2010 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, recognized outstanding environmental and community-service efforts during its annual awards ceremony in Frankfurt. ...
Starwood Introduces Sustainability Guidelines
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has introduced sustainable-meeting guidelines at all its North American properties and will expand the program globally in 2011. ...
The Latest From the Gulf Coast
For meeting properties on the Gulf Coast, this summer season is lining up to be more about cleanup workers than conference attendees or family vacationers. ...
U.S. Green Building Council to Win RISE Award from MPI
On July 24, at the World Education Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia, Meeting Professionals International will honor the U.S. Green Building Council with a RISE Award for Organizational Achievement. ...
Maxwell Hotel Opens in Seattle
The new Maxwell Hotel sits just across the street from the Seattle Center....
Iceland to Open World-Class Meetings Facility
In 2011, Iceland will make it onto the map of U.S. meeting planners with the opening—planned for May 4, 2011—of Harpa...
Top 3 Green Destinations
Portland, San Francisco, and Banff/Lake Louise have raised the bar...
ExCeL London: Pumped for Its Olympic Moment
ExCeL London, the 10-year-old exhibition center near London's burgeoning Canary Wharf financial district, was missing one key piece to make it complete: conference space. That changed last week, when ExCeL's International Convention Centre expansion officially opened. ...
MPI to Offer Chapter Management. First Up: New England
Meeting Professionals International has created a new association-management division to manage some of its chapters, starting with New England....
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