Funding 2010: CME to Sponsorship
CME funding is decreasing; revenue from exhibits is decreasing even more. General, unrestricted support of an organization no longer exists for most medical societies, and there is more competition for sponsorship dollars from state organizations...
Dubai Renames World’s Tallest Tower for Abu Dhabi Sheik
After giving billions of dollars to his neighboring emirate to relieve its debt burden, Abu Dhabi Sheik Kalifah gets the tallest building in the world named after him....
Haiti Relief Flows from Meetings and Hospitality Industries
The world is reaching out to help the people of Haiti in the wake of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck 10 miles outside of Port-au-Prince on January 12. Here are some easy ways you can help the relief efforts, along with a list of some of the efforts under way from the meetings and hospitality industries...
Chicago’s Labor Reform Plan Meets Opposition
Officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs Chicago's McCormick Place, are spearheading an effort to introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to reform labor rules and contractor practices at the convention center. With the backing of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, MPEA leaders say the current labor system hinders the city's ability to win and retain conventions. But not everyone is happy with the plan....
Cool Meetings Tools for 2010
2010? That can’t be right. It sounds so … so … futuristic. Mind you, 2009 had that same ring to it in about 1997, but 2010 just seems like an Arthur Clarke book title. (Actually, it is, but that’s another department.) Let’s take a look toward the 2010 horizon at the technologies that will affect the way meeting professionals manage and plan, and the way attendees interact with the world. ...
Site Foundation Tech Survey Finds Lack of Forward Planning
A recent survey of incentive industry professionals shows a possible disconnect in the importance placed on technology: Most respondents say that technology is critical when choosing partner companies, but at the same time, remarkably few of those respondents are organized about planning their technology needs into the future...
PCMA Engages Members in Dallas
Innovative meeting formats, new technology to engage members who are not on site, and attendance on track to beat last year's numbers are the hallmarks of the Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting under way in Dallas....
MPI's 2010 Futurewatch Survey
The hand-wringing is done, and now the meetings industry is “digging in and adapting.” That’s the conclusion of FutureWatch 2010, the eighth annual survey of meeting planners and suppliers conducted by Meeting Professionals International and American Express. We've got all the results....
Packed Program Planned for MeetDifferent
Meeting Professionals International brings its MeetDifferent conference to Cancun, Mexico, February 20–23, and as its title promises, organizers are trying out an array of educational formats in order to expose attendees to new ideas and enrich their experience....
Commentary: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Meetings Travel
As the economic crash unfolded last year, industry associations and various think tanks unleashed a torrent of statistics to track the downturn’s impact on meetings and events....
Year in Review: Top 10 MeetingsNet Stories of 2009
A troubled economy, H1N1, strategic meetings management-even murder: Here’s a last look at our top 10 stories of 2009, as determined by the number of page views each of them logged on our MeetingNet Web site. ...
SmithBucklin Reorganizes Event Services Under Weaber
SmithBucklin has announced the reorganization of its meeting and event planning operation, consolidating units in Chicago and Washington, D.C., under Brad Weaber, who has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president, event services. ...
Business Travelers Unfazed by Terrorism Attempt, Survey Says
The attempted bombing of an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight on Christmas Day is not keeping business travelers on the ground, according to a just-released survey of 152 travel managers by the National Business Travel Association. ...
Commentary: Top 10 Meetings Resolutions for 2010
Happy new year, everyone! It’s pretty much mandatory for columnists to close the old year or begin the new one with wrap-ups, resolutions, or some other antidote to a slow news week. So stand by for 10 meetings resolutions for 2010....
Futurist: Reports of the Death of Meetings Are Exaggerated
"The overall value of conferences is too great to trash," says Richard Worzel, CFA. However, this futurist sees many global influences that will cause meeting planners to rethink their programs and their planning....
New Name, Same Mission: The Sustainable Meetings Conference
Register by December 31 to get the early-bird rate for The Sustainable Meetings Conference, set for February in Denver....
Grassley Questions Associations About Industry Funding
Sen. Charles Grassley,R-Iowa, has asked 33 of the largest medical societies for detailed information on the funding they receive annually from pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies for everything from research to continuing medical education...
Two Major Initiatives Launched to Combat Negative Perception of Meetings
The Convention Industry Council and some of its organization members have partnered to launch two industry initiatives aimed at improving the image of meetings in the media and at government and policymaking levels...
Permanent Medical Trade Show Awaits Nashville Vote
Tourism officials in Nashville are eagerly anticipating a vote by the city council that could not only approve construction of a new convention center, but also clear the way for transforming the old convention center into the country’s first “medical mart”—a permanent trade show for medical equipment and supplies. ...
Climate Conference Aims to Shake Up Meetings Industry
We've got a behind-the-scenes report straight from the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, where meetings industry leaders hope to set the tone for sustainability, and the United Nations World Tourism Organization just announced its "Live the Deal" campaign for green travel....
The A-to-Z List for International Meeting Planning: Check it Twice!
Planning a meeting outside of your home country brings new challenges. Longtime global meeting professional Carol Krugman, CMP, CMM, has started to make a list of them, from A to Z. ...
Convention 2020: IMEX and ICCA Look Into the Crystal Ball
Partly to improve meeting and venue design and success and partly to avoid being caught flat-footed in the midst of future crises like the global downturn of the past 12 to 18 months, two major meetings organizations and a consulting firm have announced a research project called Convention 2020, which will consider the future of live events and venues....
New Medical Meeting Planner Association Announces Board
St. Louis–based International Medical Meeting Professionals Association, whose formation was announced earlier this fall, officially launched last month with the creation of a board of directors, an advisory board, and introductory educational sessions held in conjunction with the Missouri Meetings and Events Expo in Kansas City. ...
New Online Reseller for Canceled Meeting Contracts
If you’re looking down the barrel of a big cancellation penalty, a new online service could help save your budget. MeetingTrader, a clearinghouse for canceled meeting space, expects to come out of its beta-test phase in the first quarter of 2010, but meeting professionals are already making use of the service to help resell their meeting contracts and mitigate their cancellation fees. ...
Cheap Internet from Trade Show Startup
San Francisco-based rade Show Internet, launched in May, has shipped out hundreds of its $299 plug-and-play Internet kits....
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