April 1, 2008 AM
Cover Story
Millennials and Meetings
Just when the boomers thought they had Generation X figured out, along come the Millennials. With a population that rivals the size of their parents’ baby boomer generation, the Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are often hailed as the future for associations--and their meetings. The only problem is that many Gen Ys aren’t going to be satisfied with meetings as usual. ...
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Meetings In the Information Age
We older folks tend to bemoan what looks to us like total self-absorption in today's young people. ...
Keynotes
Preparing for Political Rallies
As he crisscrosses the country on the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is filling up arenas and halls like no candidate in...
Resources for Green Meetings
A few new resources recently have become available for planners looking to green up their meetings. ...
Meeting Professionals International Provides Look at Meetings of the Future
Attendees at Meeting Professionals International's Professional Education Conference-North America, held February 2 to 5 in Houston, got a taste of what...
Planning a Meeting Entails 29,750 Decisions
It's been said that meeting planners have to juggle a million different things at once on site, but that's not really true. It's actually more like 29,750....
Pecha Kucha and PowerPoint
The excuses to use the same old PowerPoint presentations are getting thinner and thinner as innovators come up with new ways to spice up the sometimes...
Convention Industry Council Announces New Leadership
The Convention Industry Council, the Washington, D.C.-based umbrella organization for 31 associations in the meeting and exhibition industry, has made...
Open Skies Agreement Eliminates Airline Restrictions
Forget what you know about getting your groups to Europe. The Open Skies Agreement between the United States and the European Union, which went into effect...
RCMA Annual Meeting Draws Record Crowd
The Religious Conference Management Association, headquartered in Indianapolis, hit record high attendance when it took its annual conference and exposition...
FutureWatch Study Spots Meeting Trends for 2008
Are changes to meeting budgets creating havoc for you? If so, you're not alone. Changing budgets is the No. 1 in-house trend for all categories of respondents...
Idea Exchange
East Meets West
With a growing economy, rapidly developing hospitality infrastructure, and desire to do business with the West, China is seen as the next great frontier for association globalization. But tapping into the vast potential of the Chinese meetings market isn’t easy. Here’s how Experient did it. ...
AMCs in Asia
Spurred by interest from clients, The Kellen Co. became the first U.S.-based association management company to establish roots in China when it opened...
Business Casual
TripAdvisor’s Favorite Traveler Tales from 2007
The diligent editors at travel review site TripAdvisor culled through visitor comments to come up with their favorites from 2007. Among them: Time could...
Breakouts
Décor can make or break a meeting
Lights are magic. From tiny twinkling lights in ficus trees to gobo templates casting images on a wall, lighting is one of the best ways to spark up a...
10 Tips to Boost Exhibit Hall Traffic
A robust exhibit hall is crucial to the success of most association meetings. There are a number of tried-and-true exhibit hall traffic boosters such...
Tackling the RevPAR Equation
In the hotel industry, a key financial measure of a property's performance is Revenue Per Available Room, or RevPAR. That's the amount of money that each...
Selecting a Lead-Retrieval Provider
Of all the responsibilities a trade show organizer must attend to, finding the right way to offer lead-retrieval systems for their exhibitors can be the...
The Word: Evaluate
I Can't Get No The most common meeting evaluations focus on attendee satisfaction: how participants react to the speakers, the breaks, the entertainment,...
Sites
Toronto Congress Centre North
Opened earlier this year, Toronto Congress Centre North brings Toronto Congress Centre's trade and convention space to a total of more than one million...
The South-Central States
There may be a housing crisis nationwide, but the meetings business is still being courted with downright ferocity in the South-Central states, where...
On Location: Atlantis, Paradise Island
I have always considered myself a full-fledged beach person. Give me the sand and the saltwater over a pool any day. But then, I spent the weekend at...
Back Talk
Meeting Planner Mascots
Meeting Planner Mascots Democrats have donkeys, Republicans have elephants, but what animal would be represent meeting planners? We recently asked readers...
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