Special Report
The Economic Impact on Meeting Planning
Learn about the effect of the economy on the meeting planning industry.
Top Story
CEIR Index: Government/Nonprofit and Medical Meetings Outperform Other Sectors
In 2009, a historically bad year for exhibitions, government/nonprofit conventions and medical exhibitions were among the best performing industries measured in the CEIR Index annual report...
What Did You Do to Boost Attendance for your 2010 Meeting?
Was attendance for your 2010 meeting up or down...
CEIR Index: Government/Nonprofit and Medical Meetings Outperform Other Sectors
In 2009, a historically bad year for exhibitions, government/nonprofit conventions and medical exhibitions were among the best performing industries measured in the CEIR Index annual report...
Hotel Industry Forecast Improves as Construction Drops Off
Smith Travel Research has updated its forecast for 2010 to reflect a stronger performance than previously predicted in the three main metrics—occupancy, revenue per available room, and average daily rate. ...
How Meetings Are Changing Post-Recession
according to an expert panel of planners and hoteliers at the 2010 Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum, the worst of the recession's fallout on the meeting's industry is ending. ...
2009: As Bad as It Gets for Exhibition Industry
The worst year for the exhibition industry in recent history—2009—ended with an overall decline of 12.5 percent, representing declines in attendance, number of exhibiting companies, net square footage of exhibit space booked, and revenues, according to the CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research...
Check In with Barbara Scofidio: 2010: No Doom, Just Gloom
As we desperately try to distance ourselves from what has been—by far—the most punishing year the meetings and incentives industry has ever known, I’d like to share my predictions about what lies ahead...
6 Steps to Start Sourcing Small Meetings
While each meetings-in-a-box program will differ based on a company’s priorities and strategic meetings management program, here are six steps you can take to get started...
Microsoft Starts Sourcing Small Meetings
Therese Jardine, senior procurement manager, events, at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., rolled out a small-meetings program at the company in September, and has been working on introducing improvements to streamline the process...
What the Distressed Hotel Market Means for Meetings
Hundreds of hotels around the country are struggling to survive in the down economy, and the trend has serious implications for meetings and meeting contracts....
Association Meetings Readers Say Worst is Behind Them
Our second-annual survey of the effects of the economy on Association Meetings readers confirms what has been observed since we did the first survey last November: 2009 was a very difficult year. There is some optimism for 2010, or at least a belief that the bottom has been reached: 38.5 percent of meeting planners believe 2010 attendance at their largest meeting will be better than 2009...
Didn't Take TARP Funds? You're Still a Target.
The government bailout of banks and the current focus on healthcare reform is combining to put intense focus on the insurance and financial services industry. You need to know how to get your story straight and survive the scrutiny with meetings intact....
Dale Irvin’s Luxury Expenditures Policy Guidelines
I will be the first to admit that I have accepted TARP money. I used the money I got for my ninth birthday to buy a tarp, which I then used to make a...
Voices: What Have You Done This Year to Cut Costs?
Bonnie Wallsh,CMP, CMM, ChiefStrategistBonnie Wallsh Associates LLC,Charlotte, N.C. Here are some actions that I took for an association meeting that...
Jim Goldberg’s Legal Ease: Hotel Bankruptcy: How to Protect Your Meetings
As the lodging industry’s recession drags on, many meeting planners will become all too familiar with issues surrounding bankruptcy, foreclosure, and receivership in the next several months...
New Research Quantifies the ROI of Meetings and Business Travel
Findings from two studies released last week, one commissioned by the U.S. Travel Association and one by the National Business Travel Association and American Express Business Travel, each show a positive correlation between business travel spend and the growth of corporate profitability...
CIC Adds Voice to Meeting Industry PR Efforts
The Convention Industry Council has launched a public messaging task force to improve the image of meetings, the latest industry effort to battle the negative public perception of events and business travel...
What the Future Holds for Insurance and Financial Services Meetings
The meetings and incentives industry will be GLAD TO BID FAREWELL TO 2009, a year of economic turmoil, bad press, and relentless meeting cancellations. So let's crack open that fortune cookie and look ahead....
What to Do When Budgets are Slashed, with Dale Irvin
Meeting budgets have been slashed and you are stuck trying to provide a Dom Perignon experience on a Schlitz budget. ...
Message from Regina: Your PR Person is Your Next Best Friend
Remember when the thought of partnering with procurement seemed like a really bad idea? Up until a few years ago, most financial and insurance meeting...
More Information
Meeting Planner Travel and Hotel Information
Meeting planner travel and hotel information...
Economic Impact on the Special Event Industry
Special Events brings you information about how the economy is affecting the special event planning industry...
