On the Map: STR Global Tracking 12 New Destinations
Here’s one way to know you’ve really arrived as a destination: STR Global starts reporting on you. The global research organization, based in London, just announced that it has begun reporting on 12 new destinations. ...
10 International Destinations to Watch for Meetings and Conventions
Keep your eyes on developments in these destinations, coming to prominence for international meetings and events....
IACC to Stream Thought Leader Summit
The International Association of Conference Centers’ Thought Leader Summit on Conference Technology convenes in downtown Chicago on March 24, and meeting professionals are invited to watch a live stream of the event, free of charge. ...
AIME Highlights Australia’s Good Fortune, Honors PCMA’s Sexton
Held in early March in Melbourne, Australia, the 18th Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo broke attendance records and showcased one international destination—Australia—that is thriving despite the global downturn....
New Entries to SMM Software Market Emphasize Service
Each in its own way, two companies with new software offerings—SignUp4 and Meeting Consultants—represent the evolution of strategic meetings management technology as SMM concepts continue to blaze a trail through corporate America. ...
Tool Time: Here Comes Visual Search, and More
Hard to believe that 2010 is in full swing. (Wasn't it just the holidays?) Lots on the plate for this column: cool search ideas, a few industry tech tidbits (would those be techbits?), and a bit of social media, too...
Top Five Reasons to Attend FICP’s Education Forum
Targeted education, an intimate size, a compelling keynote speaker, and more...
The Motivation Show Wants You Back
Lots of changes are in store for this year's Motivation Show. Check out details on the revamped hosted-buyer program to see if you might qualify for free travel and lodging....
Commentary: When Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
Being a lightning rod gives one a heady, slightly edgy sensation. After last week's column, I had an almost physical sense of the energy flowing through the MeetingsNet Web site, as colleagues debated the merits of a conference keynote who was long on substance but short on presentation skills....
Travel Stimulus Bill Awaits Obama’s Signature
President Obama is expected to sign in to law within the next week or so the Travel Promotion Act, landmark legislation designed to create 40,000 new travel-industry jobs and attract 1.6 million more international visitors to the United States....
Chile Recovering: What Was and Wasn’t Hit
FICP Profile: Jennifer Dela-Cruz, CMP
Meet the chair of FICP's Canadian Region...
FICP Profile
Jana Stern, VP, Education, Director, Conventions & Conference Planning, ING, Minneapolis ...
Dale Irvin’s Comic Relief: Ketchup is the Key to Motivation
Motivation is really "the art of getting people to do what they don’t want to do even though they’re not going to do it very long." The problem with motivation is that it doesn’t stick around...
Message From Regina Baraban: The Importance of Industry Ratings
If you are like most meeting planners I know, you want to be recognized for your strategic contributions to your company. I urge you to understand more about the industry you work in...
Diana Ruddick from MassMutual on Career Survival
You've probably got a great network of insurance industry peers and meeting suppliers. But don’t forget your internal network. Here’s how Diana Ruddick built her bridges to a 25-year career....
MDRT Makes a Million Meals
When the Million Dollar Round Table holds its annual meeting in Vancouver in June, the MDRT Foundation will host its largest-ever volunteer event—the Million Meal Challenge—in which MDRT members hope to package one million meals for families in need around the world....
A New Game for Health Insurance Meeting Planners
The U.S. government's plans for health-insurance reform combined with public outcry over spiraling insurance costs and general economic worries has put health-insurance companies in a perilous position when it comes to spending on meetings. ...
American Express Incentive Services Now Wholly Owned by Maritz
Formed 13 years ago as a joint venture between Maritz Inc. and American Express, American Express Incentive Services is now entirely owned by Maritz Holdings Inc. Here's how AEIS sees the future of prepaid cards in the meetings and incentives world....
Commentary: Twitter On-site—the Good, the Bad, and the Limited
There was a whole lot of tweetin' goin' on this week at MPI's MeetDifferent 2010, with the association's Virtual Access Pass streaming content to a wider audience and bringing in ideas, input, and questions from off site...
MeetDifferent, Cancun, May Be MPI's Last
Close to 1,100 people were learning and networking at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent conference in Cancun, according to Bruce MacMillan, MPI's CEO, at a press conference on February 22. While acknowledging that number was just slightly below expectations for the February 20–23 meeting, he also hinted that this would be MPI's last MeetDifferent...
MPI’s First Hosted-Buyer Program Generates 1,500 Appointments
More than 1,500 pre-scheduled appointments between 110 meeting managers and 90 suppliers took place February 20-23 at Meeting Professionals International’s MeetDifferent 2010 conference in Cancun, Mexico. This marks MPI's first foray into a hosted-buyer program, which offered complimentary hotel stays and airfare or registration for qualified meeting planners who committed to meet with 15 suppliers. While the program got more participants than expected, it took time for some of the buyers—and suppliers—to get used to the system. ...
Trio of Reports Shows Insurance Industry Stabilizing
Though the economic outlook in the United States remains uncertain, there are positive signs in the insurance industry—including a recovering AIG....
EIBTM Honors Event Company for Top ROI Measurement
EIBTM, the European Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings exhibition, which wrapped up in December in Barcelona, has awarded a Finnish event-management company top honors for its use of ROI Methodology to measure the success of a client's meeting. Here's how it worked. ...
International Meetings Outlook: U.S. Organizations Sticking Close to Home
International meeting and incentive destinations suffered through major declines in group business in 2009, and the outlook is not much better for 2010, according to two recent reports. ...
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