April 1, 2006 AM
Cover Story
The Little Chip That Could
Sixty percent of the attendees in the A track meetings are doctors. Stack a group of the pre-registration kits for the March meeting by the exit door....
Commentary
Time to Knock on New Doors
As our No Vacancy feature makes clear (page 34), today's hotel seller's market is not like ones in the past, when the gap between supply and demand wasn't...
First
Surprise Departure for MPI's Top Exec
In Mid-March, the 20,242 members of Meeting Professionals International received an e-mail announcing that Colin Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, was stepping down...
Toronto Hotel Contracts Expire
Unite Here, the union representing hotel workers, and the hotel multi-employer group in Toronto are at the negotiating table attempting to hammer out...
How to Get There from Here
Saying it was nothing gets you NADA. If somebody says that was a great conference you just planned, don't sayIt was nothing, advises Dawn Penfold, president...
AM Index: April 2006
Number of people who earned CMP designations in January:432 Record number of conventions /trade shows held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in March:23...
Would you pay for legroom?
If you prefer an aisle seat when you fly, you might have to pay for it on your next flight on Northwest Airlines. The carrier started a program last month...
Airlines Turn to Online Meeting Services
While some Airlines Delta Air Lines, US Airways/America West, and Southwest Airlines, for example have eliminated or scaled back their group and meeting...
Suppliers Cry Uncle
Meeting and travel industry suppliers are feeling squeezed by what they say are excessive requests for funding by industry foundations, and they have...
New Orleans Reaches Out to Planners
From a Marketing Perspective, the most important thing is just get people there to see for themselves, says Jeff Fugate, vice president of national sales...
RCMA: Going Strong
The Religious Conference Management Association's 34th annual World Conference and Exposition, held in San Jose in February, saw a 5 percent increase...
Features
A Woman at the Top
SmithBucklin Chief Operating Officer Julie Silverstein recently became the first woman president in the company's 57-year history. An employee for nearly...
What the Seller's Market Means for Planners
How to cope with a seller's market...
Solutions
High-Performance Meetings
My sense is there are 25 percent to 30 percent more people in sports events than prior to 9/11, says Don Schumacher, executive director for the National...
Top Tips for Meeting Legalities
It's always a good time for writing lists and making sure that everything is in order. And that goes for your meeting contracts as well. Here's a list...
Should You Hire a Meeting Host?
Using a professional master of ceremonies (also known as a meeting host) is becoming more common. Meeting hosts energize a program by infusing humor and...
12 Ways to Save on Your Next Meeting
When it comes to saving money on meetings, Bonnie Wallsh, chief strategist at Bonnie Wallsh Associates LLC, Charlotte, N.C., knows her stuff. Here are...
Leaving So Soon? Early-Departure Fees
Clause: Please Don't Go! In the event that any Group guest checks out prior to the reserved check-out date, the hotel will charge an early-departure fee...
Sites
Convention Center Blooms in the Desert
The expansion of the Palm Springs Convention Center (www.palmspringscc.com) opened earlier this year in Palm Springs, Calif. The $34 million project features...
Metro Washington, D.C.
What's New Washington, D.C.'s Celebration of American Originals starts Memorial Day. Events include the July 4 reopening of the Smithsonian American Art...
Beverly Hills, Calif.
The Beverly Hilton hotel (www.beverlyhilton.com), in Beverly Hills, Calif., has nearly completed an $80 million renovation. Hilton likes to refer to it...
The South-Central States
What's New There's a lot happening in the South-Central states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma that should be of interest to meeting and convention...
Facilities Update 2006
How do you choose a meeting property? Here's a detailed look at what a select group of hotels and resorts can offer your group in the way of accommodations,...
Back of the House
Greetings From Piney's World
With the help of a cartoon character named the Rapid City (S.D.) Convention and Visitors Bureau is hoping to attract more people to the destination for...
Alaska by Train
The Fairbanks (Alaska) Convention and Visitors Bureau has a great ally in the Alaska Railroad just ask Robert Holden, associate director auxiliary and...
Planners: Design and Name This Suite
Here's an opportunity for planners' creative ideas to go down in history, courtesy of Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan, Wis. It's called the Name the Suite contest,...
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