Another Hot FICP Regional Meeting: West Coast Registration Open
With a full agenda of networking and education, the West Coast Region of Financial & Insurance Conference Planners invites members and non-members nationwide to The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in August....
Gulf Coast Destinations Navigate Oil Spill
BP officials are reporting some progress in funneling oil from the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but the environmental disaster is far from over. While an increasing number of meeting groups booked into Gulf Coast hotels are canceling because of the spill, destinations along the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast are working hard to promote the fact that their beaches—and their meeting rooms—are open for business....
MPI Delivers Turnkey Campaign Kit with “Meetings Deliver”
New resource will help spread the good news about the value of meetings and the industry’s steady rebound...
ESTA Transition Will Be Complete By End of Summer
By the end of summer, all visitors from Visa Waiver Program countries will be required to use only the Electronic System for Travel Authorization. ...
Commentary: A Link in the Chain of ROI
The U.S. Senate might be on the verge of maximizing the world’s ROI on a meeting that took place twelve-and-a-half years ago....
MPI Announces WEC Innovations
Booking 10 "Flash Point" speakers for one session is among the innovations at the 2010 Meeting Professionals International World Education Conference in July....
Why Choose an All-Inclusive for Your Meeting?
Variety and cost-effectiveness are the two main reasons...
One Speaker's View on What Not to Do
Professional speaker Peggy Duncan lists her least-favorite things that clients do...
Advice on Finding the Right Speaker
From Louise Durej, CMP, event planner at The Hartford in Hartford, Conn., and Kara Leodler, manager, conference and travel services, Kansas City Life Insurance Co....
After Hours with Eric Rozenberg, CMP, CMM
Get to know MPI's president-elect...
IMEX America Continues to Make a Splash
At a press conference May 26, the second day of IMEX Frankfurt, IMEX Chairman Ray Bloom announced yet another new supporter of IMEX America: incentive powerhouse Maritz...
On the Scene at IMEX: Eighth Annual Global Show Opens in Frankfurt
IMEX 2010, the Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings & Events, opened in Frankfurt, Germany, May 25, with an optimistic tone, based on an outlook for a slowly improving economy. Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX Group, announced at the opening ceremonies that a record 3,800 hosted buyers were expected during three days of the show....
Oil Spill Leads to Meetings Cancellations
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is starting to have a significant impact on meetings in the area, according a new report by The Knowland Group, a McLean, Va.-based meetings and hospitality industry research company. A May 18 survey of 50 hotels across the Gulf Coast that host meetings and events found that 42 percent are experiencing group booking cancellations, the report says....
Landry Tells Grads: Rock Your World!
Well-known meeting industry supplier Joyce Landry, CEO of cruise specialists Landry & Kling, gave the commencement address at Mount Wachusett Community College in her hometown of Gardner, Mass. Here's here advice to grads....
New Event for MPI New England; NEMICE Returns in 2011
The New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International launched a new spring educational event featuring a new expo format that generated lots of buzz....
Garrett Creek Ranch Closes
After 22 years, the Texas conference center will cease operations...
Optimism All Over Puerto Rico
With more than $2 billion in new development and more than $350 million in renovations and expansions, Puerto Rico's offerings for meetings are on the upswing....
Four Top Trends for International Meetings
Jim Schultenover, president of Krisam Group and Global Events Partners, takes the pulse of international meetings....
More Travel to Meetings, CFOs Say
CFOs are lightening up on meetings travel spend, finally. ...
Commentary: Meetings in the Age of Distraction
When President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Virginia’s Hampton University May 9, he raised questions about technology, communication, and thoughtful deliberation that could have profound implications for your next meeting....
Most Nashville Hotels Open, Gaylord Relocates Meetings
Two weeks after the record-breaking rains in Nashville, just two of the seven hotels that were forced to close because of flooding remain shuttered. One of them, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Nashville-Opryland expects to open by June 1, but the largest property in the city, the 2,881-room Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, is expected to be closed for months. ...
MPI Survey Reveals Optimistic Outlook
Nearly two out of three respondents to the April 2010 Business Barometer survey, conducted by Meeting Professionals International, see conditions over the next few months as more favorable than one year ago. And there's more good news....
IRF Measures Impact of a Single Incentive
The "multiplier effect" of incentive spending has an enormous impact on the community where it's held....
Fighting the Good Fight Against Spam and Malware
It doesn’t matter what your favorite communication tool is—e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, or something else—odds are that someone has found a way use it to try to compromise your security. ...
Best and Worst of Hotel Wi-Fi
For travel and meetings, nothing has vaulted to the top of the must-have list faster than wireless hotel Internet access. Most properties now offer Wi-Fi, but spotty service and high fees can still be an aggravation. That's not the case at Holiday Inn, Hyatt's Andaz Hotels, or Peninsula Hotels though; they were among the hotel brands that made HotelChatter's list of Best Hotel Wi-Fi in its Annual Wi-Fi Report 2010....
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