SMMP Tech Consultancy Launches
Here’s the word from a bona fide meetings technology expert: Don’t rush out and buy meetings technology...
New Tool Analyzes Trade Show Investments
Exhibit Surveys Inc. has partnered with Constellation Communication Corp. to offer an online planning tool that walks exhibitors through setting objectives for their trade-show participation...
Digital Media on the Rise in Event Marketing
Digital media are becoming an increasingly important part of the marketing mix for corporate and exhibition management professionals...
Associations See Revenue Declines on the Near Horizon
Was attendance for your 2010 meeting up or down...
MPI to Honor Obama for America Campaign
Betsy Myers, chief operating officer and senior advisor for the Obama for America campaign, will take the stage on July 10 to accept Meeting Professionals International’s first RISE Award on behalf of her organization...
Meetings Industry Mourns Loss of Tony Carey
Tony Carey, CMP, CMM, U.K.-based writer, speaker, and consultant to the international meetings industry, died on June 2 at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer...
Shimasaki Joins DMAI
Christine Shimasaki, CMP, CDME, has been hired by Destination Marketing Association International as managing director of EmpowerMINT.com, a new version of the association’s online resource portal that includes a database of post-event reports, among other features. Shimasaki joins from the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, which she left in May after a downsizing...
AmEx and Maritz Create MaXvantage: Total SMMP Solution
With the intention not just of helping companies to track and control their meeting spending but also to document and defend the reasons for their meeting choices, American Express Business Travel and Maritz Travel have joined forces to offer MaXvantage...
Secure Flight Takes Off
The Transportation Security Administration has finally begun implementing Secure Flight, after a controversial five-year gestation...
InXpo Inks Second Deal with Meeting and Event Biggie
Last week, InXpo Inc., the Chicago-based virtual event company, announced a partnership with Maritz, its second deal with a major meeting and event company in the past two months...
Delta To Bring Back Meeting Fares
Four years after discontinuing its Delta Meeting Network program, Delta Air Lines plans to roll out a new program that will offer special rates for meetings customers...
CIC Endorses CMP Study Course
Convention Industry Council has endorsed the Professional Convention Management Association’s online prep course as the “official study course” for CIC’s Certified Meeting Professional exam...
Amex Rolls Out New Online Booking Tool for Small Meetings
As budgets tighten and corporate meeting managers find they are taking on additional work with fewer resources, many are looking for ways to automate and streamline the planning process...
Senate Committee Passes Travel Promotion Act
The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved the Travel Promotion Act, a five-year plan to attract more international visitors to the United States...
The Gurus of Green Empower Planners, Cities
Aiming for a more recognizable brand and a sharper focus for their company, Amy Spatrisano and Nancy Wilson, co-founders of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, have renamed the company MeetGreen...
Disney Buys Land at National Harbor, Md.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ first and only stand-alone resort hotel, Ko' Olina, is under construction on the Hawaiian island of Oahu—but a second may not be far behind...
IACC Members Sign Code, Pledge Sustainable Business Practices
The International Association of Conference Centers has launched a Code of Sustainability to encourage its member properties to implement and follow environmentally sound practices...
A new law in Washington that requires pharmaceutical sales representatives to obtain a special license to sell pharmaceutical products in the District will not affect representatives attending medical meetings or conventions in D.C
A new law in Washington that requires pharmaceutical sales representatives to obtain a special license to sell pharmaceutical products in the District will not affect representatives attending medical meetings or conventions in D.C...
Travel Advisories to Mexico Lifted, MPI Confirms Meeting
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its advisory against non-essential travel to Mexico on May 15...
The First Goal of International Meetings: Clear Communication
“Meetings and events are first and foremost about communication. When communication breaks down, delegates are dissatisfied and events fail to achieve their goals...
ADA Hires New ED, Pharma CME Pro Joins Provider
After an 11-month search, the American Dental Association, Chicago, hired Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, as its new executive director and chief operating officer...
Vermont Legislature Approves Gift Ban
The Vermont State Legislature passed a more restrictive pharmaceutical marketing law, banning gifts to physicians from industry and tightening disclosure requirements...
CEJA Won’t Seek Commercial Support Ban
The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs won’t recommend a ban on commercial support...
Two New Medical Shows Launch
At a time when many organizations are scaling back on meetings, a U.S. based event organizer has launched two successful new international medical meetings...
IRF Survey: Niche Analysis of Incentive Practices
The Incentive Research Foundation held its 14th Annual Incentive Invitational over the weekend...
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