February 1, 2009
Features
How the Economy is Affecting Suppliers
Here's what they're doing to survive....
Friending the Meetings Industry
At their core, social networking tools provide a way for meeting attendees, speakers, and exhibitors to find one another. Rather than roaming receptions and exhibits in hopes of running into good contacts, sales leads, or friends, meeting-goers can search a database of attendee profiles to find people, then contact them using an internal e-mail system. ...
Finding the Upside: Are Hotels Ready to Deal?
An interview with hotel consultant Sean Hennessey on what lies ahead for the hospitality and meetings industry...
Keynotes
Don't Dismiss Social Networking
The number of social networking tools has exploded to the point where some people have been tuning out altogether. There's even a term for it: social...
Quigley Named Chair-Elect of PCMA
Kati Quigley, CMP, is the 2009 chair-elect of the Professional Convention Management Association, the first corporate planner to hold that position....
Airfare News Plans are underway for an airfare commodities market.
One responsibility of a good meeting manager or corporate travel buyer is making informed buying decisions when it comes to air travel. Now a couple of...
Site's 2008 Crystal Awards
Site’s 2008 Crystal Awards recognize excellence in incentive travel programs, The award, established in 1980, recognizes programs that are highly successful in achieving business objectives...
Meetings industry lobbies Washington on the importance of meetings
Leaders from across the meetings industry gathered last month in New Orleans to launch an advocacy and research initiative to determine the economic impact...
Dealing with Workplace Anxiety
A psychotherapist’s advice to planners facing workplace anxiety....
MPI Membership Survey Early results from MPI’s membership survey
The complete results will be released at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent conference, February 7-10, in Atlanta, but the early news...
Breakouts
How to Create a Preferred Supplier Program
Where to start? The first step in creating a preferred supplier program is to partner with your procurement department if you have one. Together you will...
Sites I've Stumbled Upon
Fire Your Event Planner What? That heading couldn't be right. But a very popular technology blog, called Make Use Of (www.makeuseof.com), argues that...
Get Some Sleep? Fat Chance!
After a long business flight, there's nothing like a good night's sleep to help you prepare for the next day's activities. Unfortunately, that's what...
Amy Spatrisano
If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be? On the Delta in Botswana What's playing on your iPod? If I owned an iPod, what would be playing...
How the Economy is Affecting Suppliers
Here's what they're doing to survive....
Sites
Big Island, Big Opening
At the time the legendary Mauna Kea Beach Hotel was opened by Laurance S. Rockefeller, in 1965, the $15 million property was the most expensive hotel...
Meeting Info, Intel, & Insight
Kati Quigley, CMP, is the 2009 chair-elect of the Professional Convention Management Association, the first corporate planner to hold that position. PCMA,...
Georgia and the Carolinas
The outlook for meetings in Georgia and the Carolinas is strong, with the new Raleigh (N.C.) Convention Center and Marriott Hotel, a new Gateway Center...
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