Amex Announces Ad Hoc Meeting Service, European Partners
American Express Meetings & Events has rolled out a new meeting planning and sourcing service aimed at organizations that don’t have a centralized meeting management program. ...
Allied Rebrands as AlliedPRA
Destination management firm Allied International has rebranded as AlliedPRA Destination Management. ...
MPI & SITE See Convergence of Meetings & Incentives
A joint research project shows a growing connection between meeting and incentive planning....
GBTA Announces New Global Meetings Task Force
This traditionally business travel–oriented association takes a deep dive into meetings management...
IMEX Brings Its Hosted-Buyer Trade Show Model to the U.S.
With attendees and exhibitors delighting in the robust turnout, the first IMEX America got off to a busy start October 11 in Las Vegas. Our report from the floor...
New Online Directory of Virtual Events Suppliers
The Virtual Edge Institute has launched an online virtual events directory, cataloguing and profiling the services and solutions of more than 400 suppliers in 20 categories....
Carlson Marketing Becomes Aimia
Groupe Aeroplan, the loyalty management company based in Montréal, which owns meeting and incentive management giant Carlson Marketing, has rebranded as Aimia. ...
New Event Calculator Tool Measures Your Meeting's Impact
A powerful new calculator tool launched last week helps destination marketing organizations, or convention and visitor bureaus, prove the value of meetings and conventions to their local economies. ...
Bill Could Cut Visa Wait Times for Travelers to U.S.
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011," wants to move three key reforms forward that are designed to open up the flow of approved visitors to the U.S....
FICP Insider: 10 Talking Points for the 2011 FICP Annual Conference
Here's what planners in the know are saying about this year's Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference....
Five Steps to a Great Supplier Relationship
When it comes to working with meeting suppliers, don’t let your online communications get in the way of your offline relationships. They’re still critical, says Cvent’s Lisa English. ...
New Meetings Technology Site Inspection Checklist
A new technology site inspection checklist, TechSpec, is available free from meetings technology specialists Jim Spellos, CMP, and Corbin Ball, CMP, CSP. ...
Commentary: The $16 Muffin—An Argument That Meetings Can’t Win
Last week's mini-storm over an auditor's report charging the U.S. Department of Justice with overspending at conferences during 2008 and 2009—including repeated references to a $16 muffin—showed how vulnerable our industry is to another backlash over costs....
Meeting Leaders Blast Proposal to Limit Federal Employees From Attending Events
Regulations proposed by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics would expand the Lobbyists Gift Ban, preventing federal government employees from attending most trade events and exhibitions where their attendance is paid for by lobbying organizations or lobbyists. ...
Bookmark This: IACC Videos on Compelling Meetings
The International Association of Conference Centers will release two video clips each month developed from the content of its 2011 Thought Leaders Summit....
Inside MetLife’s Mega Incentive Program
MetLife’s major strategic change, unifying the company’s U.S. distribution channels, was matched by a major change in its incentive programs for 2011. Seven formerly separate conferences were replaced with The One—a single incentive conference designed to be bigger and better than the field force had ever experienced. ...
Political Fall-Out Continues from DOJ Conference Audit
Meeting spending is in the political crosshairs again. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Tuesday, September 20, criticizing excessive conference spending by the Department of Justice in 2008 and 2009. ...
Commentary: The Saga of Bonehead—Twitter Goes Local
The saga of Bonehead the Cat may carry some useful lessons for the way meetings generate interest and contacts in host communities....
Countdown to IMEX America
IMEX Group is reporting that more than 2,000 hosted buyers are expected in Las Vegas for IMEX America October 11–13....
La Raza Ends Arizona Meetings Boycott
Unite Here Strikes at Six Hyatt Hotels
About 3,000 hotel workers in four cities—Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu—are in the midst of a strike against six Hyatt hotels. ...
Baltimore Hosts FICP Northeast Regional Meeting
A report by Laura Greer, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners...
Strategy Shift at Site
Site’s 2012 president, Alejandro Verzoub, looks to broaden the industry’s perceptions of the organization, now in its fourth decade....
Financial Firms Love Day Meetings
Eight of 10 meetings at one New York City luxury property so far this year were booked by financial firms. ...
FICP Member Spotlight: Sheryl Krongold, CMP
Meet Sheryl Krongold, CMP, senior meeting planner, Prudential...
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