January 1, 2007 CMI
Cover Story
Revenue Rules
Cheryl Geib has never met a hotel revenue manager, but she is quite familiar with them. Just last year, Geib, national travel and meeting manager at Grant...
Upfront
Revenue Rules
When was the last time you flew in an airplane and found an empty seat next to you, where you could actually stretch out and relax? ...
News & Info
MPI-PEC Heads to New Orleans
Meeting Professionals Inter-national's 2007 Professional Education Conference-North America will be the first opportunity for many industry professionals...
save the date
If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for...
Marriott to Require Accreditation for Independents
Marriott International is changing the rules about how commissions are paid to independent meeting planners and other group intermediaries. As of January...
What's Your Terrorism Risk Rating?
Travel, Trade, and privacy groups are heavily criticizing a Department of Homeland Security program that, for the past several years, has been used to...
Canadian GST Meeting Rebates May Be Eliminated
Groups Headed to Canada after April are bracing for a proposed federal tax overhaul that would eliminate the rebate that non-Canadian meeting organizers,...
Meetings
Lessons from the Corral
Having Grown Up near his grandparents' ranch in Texas, Joe Esparza has spent most of his life around horses. ...
Calculating Liquidated Damages
If a Company cancels a meeting contract, computing the actual losses to the hotel's business can be cumbersome...
Ode to a Meeting Professional
The meeting professional stood at the Golden Gate. His head was bending low. He merely asked the man of fate Which way he ought to go. ...
The Contenders
With the presidential election two years away, contenders for the White House will hit the corporate meeting speaking circuit in full force. Brian Palmer,...
London calling
London is expected to be a top spot for corporate meetings and events this year, according to Global Event Partners' annual survey of its worldwide consortium...
Aiming High
The 30,000-Foot View of the convention industry shows a business in the midst of recovery from 9/11 as demand for exhibit space grows, convention center...
Ahead of the Pack
It took a little longer, but the hotel seller's market has finally hit the conference center niche. There's no question that occupancy rates are up, and...
Incentives
SITE's Proposed Bylaw Changes Draw Some Resistance
Call it Aversion to change, or just part of the democratic process of an association. A series of proposed bylaw changes created a backlash among certain...
SITE’s 2007 Crystal Awards Winners
The Incentive Industry’s Highest Honor...
bob is back
The Society of Incentive and Travel has tapped its former CEO and well-known industry leader Bob G. Vitagliano, CITE, to become executive director of...
Corporate Meetings & Incentives’ 2007 Incentive Trends Survey
Budgets and per-person spending are up, while group size is shrinking. Including meetings on your incentive trip is no longer taboo. And procurement and...
Special Section
Corporate Meetings & Incentives' 2007 Paragon Awards
Once again Corporate Meetings & Incentives asked readers which hotels, resorts, and conference centers best handled their meetings and incentive programs...
Sites
Cruise into a New Year
Princess Cruises' passengers headed to Asia and Australia have a new opportunity to travel inland. Two shore excursions debuted this past fall: Cambodia's...
Disney Cruise Doesn't Mean Kids
Joyce Landry, CEO of Landry & Kling, Coral Gables, Fla., which specializes in booking meetings at sea for corporations, says people have two big misconceptions...
X marks the spot
Ever wonder why Celebrity brand ships have a big on their funnels? X in the Greek alphabet stands for the first letters of the family name Chandris, the...
Beyond Salad: Canola Oil Fuels Airport
Munich Airport is converting its ground services vehicles to burn biodiesel. FMG, the airport operating company, aims to increase the use of renewable...
Other Venues in the News
Boston's Charles Street Jail, a national historic landmark, will be reborn this summer as THE LIBERTY HOTEL. The $120 million project is nearing its final...
Disney Wonder Fast Facts
1,387-square-foot conference center 977-seat Walt Disney Theater 268-seat Buena Vista Theater The Peter Pan, Fantasia, and Steamboat Willie conference...
The Great Midwest
What's New The Midwest has glamorous shopping and huge conventions in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Cleveland, Kansas City, and a dozen other...
Last Word
Microphone
Pickup Lines There are essentially four types of microphones, each with a different pickup pattern. Cardiod mikes are perhaps the most common for use...
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