June 1, 2006 AM
Cover Story
A Planner's Guide to Preparedness
Emergency preparedness for trade show organizers...
Worst-Case Scenario: 10 Things to Know
Travel restrictions and restrictions on public gatherings are likely to be adopted in the event of a flu outbreak. There will probably be at least a couple...
Editor's Note
Fear and Loathing: Avian Flu 2006
I can't recall an issue in which we've had such a difficult time coming up with a cover concept as we've had with this one. How do you communicate a potentially...
First
Industry Groups Explore New Paths
There are those of us who have been around the meeting industry long enough to remember when a decade would go by with little but cosmetic change ruffling...
AM Index: June 2006
Number of meeting professionals who recently earned their CMM: 49 Number of countries where there are travel restrictions because of the avian flu: 0...
Registered Traveler Program Nears Launch
With the promise that the Registered Traveler program will be rolled out in as many as 20 American airports this year, allowing pre-screened travelers...
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: Are Changes Coming?
The U.S. Senate has taken a step toward delaying new border security rules of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, and it might make other adjustments...
New Riggers' Contract
Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs McCormick Place, signed a five-year contract with the Riggers Union Local 136 and trade...
GAO: Visa Waits Are Too Long
Only 27 countries are part of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. So travelers from the other 164 countries of the world need a visa to enter the United States...
Solutions
The New Speak-Easy
When it comes time to line up speakers for your next conference, will you find yourself buried in piles of prospectuses from potential presenters, or...
Flexibility Key for SMERF Groups
In a discriminating seller's market in which hoteliers are turning away business, SMERF (social, military, educational, religious, and fraternal) groups...
A Family Affair
We kind of look at it as teambuilding, family-style. That's how Garen Gouveia, president, Corporate Kids Events, Monterey, Calif., describes his company's...
Suppliers Look for Funding Relief
Feeling squeezed by what they say are excessive and duplicate requests for funding by industry foundations, meeting and travel industry suppliers in April...
Seller's Market Means Tougher Terms
It's a seller's market in the hotel industry. After taking a nosedive after 9/11, the major statistical measurements of hotel performance occupancy rates,...
Features
The Hotel Branding Game
Suddenly, it seems, everybody wants to be in the hotel business and everyone in the hotel business wants to grab every available customer. Mergers are...
Golf & Spa on a Budget
With greens fees on the rise and meeting budgets stagnant, planners of golf events face a challenge: Put on the same top-notch tournament as always but...
Spa Savvy
Start with a Plan Know exactly what you want. What is it about the spa experience that you want to share with your attendees? Is it the location, the...
Expert Advice on How to Save Money At Spas
Spas have greater flexibility for spa treatments booked Monday to Thursday, when usage fees can be waived. There is no slow season for spas; in fact,...
Sites
L.A. Glitz Lights Up Hollywood Renovation
An $80 million renovation at the Beverly Hilton, at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, Calif., brings a newly sparkling...
Central Florida
What's New With its 114,000 hotel rooms and 2.1-million-square-foot Orange County Convention Center, Orlando is constantly expanding its product to accommodate...
Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort
Back in the early 1970s on my first visit to Walt Disney World, I remember strolling wide-eyed into the Contemporary Hotel, a futuristic, 15-story A-frame...
Back of the House
Making the Grade
Meeting/convention planner placed 39th on Money magazine's list of the 50 best jobs in America (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50)....
Toronto: Serious About Wine
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre will sell no wine before it's given the seal of approval by its wine council. The newly established council comprised...
In Search of the Yeti
Towering 20 stories over Disney World is the theme park's newest attraction, Expedition Everest, which opened April 7 at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Expedition...
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