October 1, 2004

President's Message

Message From the President

Have you ever tried to sweep water uphill? The moment you let up, you lose control. Court depositions, technology challenges, travel, meetings, surgeries,...

Update

Survey Says: MOST ATTENDEES UNAWARE OF HOTEL ATTRITION

About one in five meeting attendees is aware of the potential for attrition fees when booking outside the room block, according to the second phase of...

Open-Space Meetings Tear Down Barriers

Picture a meeting with no keynote speakers, no pre-announced workshop schedules, and no panel discussions. Instead, the participants organize themselves...

Outside Contractor Clauses

CLAUSE: Group will not be required to use Facility's in-house, exclusive, or preferred contractors or vendors for services such as audiovisual, security,...

PlanSoft and seeUthere Merge

PlanSoft Corp. and seeUthereTechnologies have announced the merger of the two companies to create OnVantage Inc. The new company combines PlanSoft's searchable...

Networking Tool Makes It Easier to Connect at Meetings

If you run large meetings at which networking is a priority and you make that networking a budget priority read on. A tech tool called Rio, created by...

Profile

Thriving Amid the Unexpected

Be careful in election years, Lerry Fogle cautions other meeting planners. Plans can change at the last moment. He learned that lesson this summer when...

Voices

Does outsourcing make sense for any aspect of your planning?

Rebecca MerwinConference Coordinator Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles About the only thing that we out-source is child care. We do a conference...

Special Section

RCMA's 33rd World Conference and Exposition

In our personal and professional lives, we seek and strive for excellence. Part of that quest is learning from and being inspired by professional colleagues...

Gateway to Excellence

MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Arrival day for personal activities in St. Louis, a cosmopolitan Mississippi River destination where visitors quickly learn there's...

The Gateway City: St. Louis

Meet me in St. Louis, was the refrain at the close of 2004's RCMA conference, and for good reason: In 2005, RCMA's World Conference and Exposition will...

Features

Hotel Menus Adjust to Changing Palates

Americans eat to live, Europeans live to eat. Until recently, this snipe at our fast-food culture was pretty accurate. But today growing ranks of ordinary...

Update on City Facilities

The $211 million DeVos Place convention center opened its doors in December, encompassing a total area of 1 million square feet in the heart of Grand...

7 Deadly Sins of Small Meetings

Solutions for facilitating productive and energizing meetings...

Site Files

Mobile, Ala., Convention Center

Wireless Internet access is the latest addition to the Mobile Convention Center. Access is available throughout the facility and on the terraces. Located...

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