GSA's "Wasteful" Conference Spending Leads to Firings, Resignation, New Oversight
Martha Johnson, the head of the U.S. General Services Administration, fired two of the agency's senior leaders, placed four conference organizers on administrative leave, and submitted her own resignation as a result of a report by the GSA's Inspector General on excessive spending at GSA's 2010 Western Regions Conference in Las Vegas....
Commentary: Is Airline Security Worth the Cost?
Do the pat-downs, full-body scans, and endless delays actually deter would-be terrorists?...
AIBTM Manager Moves to New U.K. Meetings Show
Steve Knight, who served as project director for the Baltimore-based AIBTM in 2011, its inaugural year, and had worked for Reed since 2005, is now exhibition director for the new The Meetings Show UK....
Meeting on Sustainable Meetings Coming to Montréal
The Green Meeting Industry Council's Sustainable Meetings Conference will be in Montréal April 22–25....
Meeting Pros Try Online Brainstorming Tool
Belgium-based Synthetron has a well-constructed online crowdsourcing tool....
Commentary: Dawn of the Yottabyte—Don't Get Left in Big Data's Dust
The signs are everywhere that associations and corporations are relying more heavily on ever-larger volumes of data to guide their decisions. ...
Incentive Winners: CSR Doesn’t Matter, the Destination Does
Companies will have to work harder to choose relevant corporate social responsibility projects for incentive conferences....
IMEX Grows in Frankfurt and Las Vegas
The international incentive and meetings trade show marks its 10th year in Frankfurt and its second in Las Vegas with growth on both sides of the Atlantic....
DMAI's New Event Impact Calculator—What's Your Convention Worth?
The Event Impact Calculator, being rolled out by Destination Marketing Association International, helps meeting professionals understand the economic value of their events....
FICP Jumps into 2012 With Successful Northeast Region Meeting
Planners and suppliers connect, learn, and check out some choice Boston venues, including the renovated Marriott Long Wharf....
FICP Profile Interview: Karin Pontelandolfo of Liberty Mutual Insurance
FICP Profile Interview: Wayne Robinson of Guardian Life
Sending RFPs: How About a One-Two Punch?
When planners are sourcing multiple properties in multiple locations, they should get to a short list first, then get to the nitty gritty....
Create the Stage for Your Events
Trend Watch—With Regina Baraban: What's hot with theme parties?...
For Engaging Event Entertainment, Try the Human Touch
The Insider’s Guide to Entertainment—With Bill Hopkins...
How to Plan an Incentive Program on a Cruise Ship
Nationwide faced a few challenges hosting 1,100 incentive qualifiers on the biggest ship at sea. Here’s how the meeting team made it the company’s best-ever program....
Relentless Focus on Costs in Site Selection Is Easing, Survey Says
Considerations besides cost are coming back to the fore when planners look at potential meeting destinations....
Getting Hired in the Meetings Industry
Finding a job in meetings today means working your network, being persistent, and figuring out how to stand out from the crowd....
2011 Was Better Than Expected for Exhibition Industry
The exhibition industry grew 2.7 percent in 2011, exceeding expectations and outpacing the growth of the U.S. gross domestic product. ...
Commentary: Tidal Wave of Green Meetings Education on its Way
The Green Meeting Industry Council will launch a wide-ranging training and education program to support the new APEX/ASTM sustainable event standards....
Cooking-Oil Recycling Continues to Grow
Pacific Biodiesel is working with close to 30 hotels in Hawaii, as well as hundreds of restaurants, to convert used cooking oil into diesel fuel. ...
Echoes of AIG: ANZ Takes Heat for High-End Incentive Program
ANZ, one of Australia’s top banks, under scrutiny from the media for the extravagance of an incentive travel program, has announced that future recognition rewards will be “more modest.” ...
Reporter's Notebook: On Site at AIME in Melbourne
The annual Asia–Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo opened February 21 with a huge cake topped with blazing sparklers to celebrate the event's 20th birthday. ...
APEX/ASTM Green Meetings Standards Now Available for Purchase
New green meeting standards produced by the Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and the American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) were released on February 16....
Unpanels: A Virtual Success Story
What happens if the face-to-face meeting you want to translate to a virtual event doesn’t follow a standard format? Can an "unconference" be virtual?...
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