Today's tougher meeting negotiating environment represents hotels trying to restore equilibrium, not hotels getting overly aggressive. That's the pitch Michael Dominguez, senior vice president, MGM Resorts, made to attendees at the recent Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Association annual conference....More
The Department of Veterans Affairs, under fire for wasteful conference spending, has a rolled out a new set of guidelines to keep meeting spending in check....More
Hal Vandiver knew the Great Recession was coming long before most association meeting managers did. He didn’t have a crystal ball, but he did have a system of forecasting meeting and event outcomes that foretold economic trouble....More
Like many organizations, Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, Tenn., recently experienced layoffs. We asked Tommy Keown, lead event coordinator at Lifeway, how the organization handled the downsizing....More
