Member Spotlight: Lindsay Maloni
Meet Lindsay Maloni, senior conference & event planner, at MetLife ...
Mobile Meeting Apps Are a Must: A How-To Guide
Research says smartphone owners use apps on those phones more than they talk on them. Are they using your meeting app yet?...
New Technology Showcase Highlights FICP Annual Conference
Your chance to test technology tools for meeting management and on-site attendee engagement is November 14 at the FICP Annual Conference in San Antonio....
Ten Years After 9-11, Travel Industry Looks Beyond "Lost Decade"
Reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. Travel offers ideas for how U.S. government agencies can strengthen security and encourage travel in, and to, the U.S....
Green Meetings Workbook Saves You Time and Money
Planning greener meetings doesn’t have to be complicated and it certainly doesn’t have to be expensive. ...
Commentary: Will the Buzz Kill Gamification?
One of the freshest, most exciting concepts to hit the meetings industry in years is in danger of being trivialized and oversimplified to death....
Commentary: Curing the Hiccups at a Hybrid Meeting
When major hiccups emerged at the end of EventCamp Twin Cities 2011 (ECTC11) last week, organizers turned an almost comically bad moment into a learning opportunity. ...
GBTA Academy Launched, SMMC Program Shuts Down
The Global Business Travel Association is discontinuing its Strategic Meetings Management Certification program as part of a major overhaul of its professional education. ...
Commentary: The Lessons of ROI Measurement
If you had a management tool that was too simplistic to deliver the data you needed, yet so complex and time-consuming that it was difficult to use, you might think twice about that tool....
CIC Releases Free RFP Workbook
The Convention Industry Council released a new tool for planners this month—the APEX RFP Workbook—for creating and managing requests for proposal. ...
Cvent and BCD M&I Partner on ProStart
Cvent has released a new product called ProStart—a scaled-down, less expensive version of its meeting management software....
Keys to Success in Booking Entertainment Internationally
The insider's guide to entertainment with Bill Hopkins heads overseas....
5 Ways to Boost Meeting Engagement Using Technology that Everyone Already Has
How can we use our meeting attendees’ connectedness to boost participation in our meetings? ...
Five Countries Craft Unique Showcase for Incentive Buyers
Partnership is not a word often used among competitors, especially high-profile incentive destinations who might frequently find themselves bidding for the same piece of group travel incentive business...
Commentary: The Economy Is in Trouble. Is the Meetings Industry Ready this Time?
Since the last crash, I’ve looked for any sign that the meetings industry has learned the lessons of 2008 and acquired the resilience to anticipate and withstand the next one. ...
Smartphones at Meetings: The Way to Engage Attendees Now
Interactive technology at events changes by the minute, so writing about the latest and greatest is risky at best. But we’ll give it a go, with the help of TBA Global's André Mika. Hot now? Location-based services and QR codes....
Commentary: Co-Creation Has its Limits
A co-creation session during Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress last month generated some useful feedback on the association’s research agenda, but pointed to the perils of relying too heavily on any community or customer group to come up with all its own answers....
Cvent to Use Millions in New Investments to Enhance Online Tech Tools
Cvent, a McLean, Va.–based online event management company, has raised $136 million in funding....
Experient Partners With StarCite to Offer Cheaper SMM Tool
A less expensive, scaled-down version of the StarCite strategic meetings management technology is now being marketed by Experient under the brand name MeetingComplete....
Paulson to Replace Schwarzenegger at GBTA Convention
With Schwarzenegger out, Henry M. Paulson Jr. is the new keynoter at the Global Business Travel Association conference in August....
MPI’s Hosted-Buyer Program Yields 4,000 Appointments at WEC
Meeting Professionals International's World Education Conference kicked off July 23 in Orlando with a new look, a new vision, and a keynoter who said this might be the most important address of his career....
Moscow: A Mystery Worth Discovering for Meetings and Incentives
“Nobody knows Moscow,” says Ola Kastensson, managing director at DMC Russkie Prostori, a Global Events Partner. Here's why you should take a closer look....
GEP Executive Summit Draws Planners and DMCs to Moscow
Meeting professionals get updates from around the world when they gather with destination experts in Moscow for the 2011 Global Events Partners Executive Summit....
Commentary: The Social Media Bubble—Is Your Meeting at Risk?
Are there risks for your meeting from the social media platforms that are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of our industry?...
TSA to Roll Out Trusted Traveler Pilot Program
The Transportation Security Administration will roll out a "trusted traveler" pilot program this fall in an effort to improve the airline passenger experience and speed up the security process. ...
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