June 1, 2007 RCM
Features
2006 RCMA Member Survey
The annual RCMA Member Survey gives a snapshot of religious meetings conducted by RCMA's meeting planners. The 2006 picture shows that RCMA members are...
Uncertainty in the Air
The skies were not friendly to travelers in 2006. And while they haven't been much kinder so far in 2007, some positive developments are in the air. Coming...
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Trends Overview in F&B
Welcome to our new column on planning food and beverage for meetings. Our expert, Patti J. Shock, is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,...
RCMA Network
When the End Is Not in Sight
Anyone who would select When The End Is Not in Sight as a title must be in the midst of something and not be able to predict or see the ending of it....
Faithful Traveler: Service Led to Posts Around the World
J. Robert Fiol Bob, if you please grew up in India in a family of ministers. His parents were missionaries, and his two older brothers are ministers....
How do you utilize the services of Convention and Visitors Bureaus?
SUSAN TJADEN EditorCook Communications MinistriesColorado Springs, Colo. I used them in two places: Phoenix and Atlanta, and they were hugely instrumental...
Industry Update
Online: Religious Conference Manager Forum Debuts
Get started now: Join the conversation with your friends and colleagues online. The Religious Conference Manager Forum is online and ready for you to...
More Airport Fast Lanes Announced
Albany County (N.Y.) Airport Authority and Huntsville International Airport in Alabama have signed on to the Registered Traveler program. Albany officials...
Free Hurricane Insurance Program Continues in Florida
After a particularly devastating hurricane season in 2004, Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing arm, came up with a reassuring idea: free meeting...
Passport Requirements: Changes for Children
The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax passport requirements for children who are citizens of the United States and Canada traveling into...
Mini Lectures: More Bang for the Talk
One common speaker mistake is to try to cram 10 days' worth of material into an hourlong lecture. A much better learning experience is created by having...
Hilton Upgrades Small-Meetings Technology
Hilton Hotels Corp. recently overhauled and relaunched its online booking tool for small meetings. In addition to a live inventory of room blocks, e-Events...
Sites
The Mid-South States
The region is working hard to bring meetings back post-Katrina. There are still problems, of course. And there is a stigma that may take years — decades — to erase. But every day, New Orleans and the other Mid-South communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina are growing stronger. Events big and small are starting to return. New Orleans' annual Mardi Gras is back on track, attracting a crowd of 750,000. The city hosted the 2008 NBA All-Star Game — and 50,000 attendees — as well as the Allstate BCS National Championship and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, both at the Superdome. Of even higher interest to meeting planners, a 20,000-plus person citywide convention was successfully executed. Read more about the Mid-South States. ...
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Creating Green-Meetings Standards
An industrywide effort to produce achievable, voluntary standards for greener meetings and events is under way. The Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX), an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and ASTM International Standards to create baseline guidelines that both meeting managers and the hospitality community can embrace. Join us for a free webinar.
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