Copper Skillet: Flavorful IACC Event Planned for January
Don’t miss the International Association of Conference Centers Copper Skillet Combo, an entertaining educational event, set for January 15 at the new Culinary Conference Center at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J. ...
Economy Top of Mind for Planners at Med Device and Bio/Pharma Forum
The economy and its impact on meetings was the hot-button topic for medical device and pharmaceutical meeting planners who gathered together for the second annual West Coast Medical Device and Bio/Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum held December 8 to 9 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego....
IAEE and NTP to Partner on TS2, Research Center
TS2, also known as the trade show about trade shows, will now include a track for show organizers as well as for its traditional exhibitor audience, thanks to a new partnership between the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and National Trade Productions, which bought the show from the Trade Show Exhibitors Association five years ago. ...
Three Educational Events for Green Meetings
Three upcoming events for meeting planners and suppliers can help them to learn how their meetings and conventions can be more environmentally friendly....
ASAE Wins Trademark Suit Over Housing Company
The American Society of Association Executives won a lawsuit against housing company Complete Event ...
Excellence in Motivation Lays Off 34 Employees
Faced with the cancellation of a large 2009 travel-reward program for a West Coast automotive client, Excellence in Motivation, a Dayton, Ohio–based provider of incentive and performance improvement services, laid off 34 of its 250 employees last month...
Hewlett-Packard’s Iwamoto Joins StarCite
High-profile travel and meetings executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. Kevin Iwamoto has joined StarCite Inc., Philadelphia, in the newly created position of vice president, enterprise strategy. ...
EIBTM Meeting and Incentive Award Winners Announced Today in Barcelona
The EIBTM 2008 Meeting and Incentive Industry Awards were presented today at the show, which runs through Thursday in Barcelona...
Mumbai Tourism Industry Reeling From Attacks
Last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which left at least 172 people dead and hundreds more injured, have shaken the meetings and tourism industries in the Indian city and the region...
IACC Conference Centers Get New Tech Requirements
The International Association of Conference Centers has updated its minimum technology requirements for member facilities. ...
MPI Creates Council to Address Global Corporate Planners
Meeting Professionals International has recruited 18 high-level meeting professionals, most from large global corporations—and five who are not members of the association—for its new Executive Advisory Council. ...
Gaylord Cancels Plans for San Diego-Area Convention Resort
Gaylord Entertainment has canceled its plans to develop a $1 billion resort and convention hotel in the bayfront area of Chula Vista, Calif., just south of San Diego...
Industry Takes Hit in Third Quarter
All the major indicators measuring the health of the meetings industry were down in the third quarter, according to the CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas...
CEJA Takes New Stance on Commercial Support
The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs won’t recommend banning commercial support of continuing medical education, the group reported in a progress update to the AMA at the Interim Meeting, held in November in Orlando...
Faculty Education Initiative Launched
The National Faculty Education Initiative, a Web-based program to teach CME faculty the difference between certified CME and promotional activities, was introduced at the National Task Force on Provider/Industry Collaboration meeting held in October in Baltimore....
CME Gets PR Campaign
What’s the difference between certified CME and promotional activities? How do CME programs manage conflicts of interest? ...
New Green Meeting Association Fails to Live Up to Claims
The Association for Green Meetings & Events, which launched last spring and in July reported having 236 paying members and 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, has yet to provide most of its promised member benefits and has failed to incorporate under Georgia law or file an application for tax-exempt status, according to the Internal Revenue Service...
APEX Gets New Web Site, Commissioners
The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange program, also known as APEX, recently received a Web makeover and added two new commissioners to its roster....
Marriott Gets Candid with Customers on the Economy, Growth, and the Future of Meetings
A group of Marriott’s top corporate clients gathered last week to hear the hotel company’s president and COO, along with other executives, talk about the state of the company—and tackle some tough questions....
Convention Industry Council Announces 2010 CMP Exam Dates
The Convention Industry Council recently announced the dates and locations for its summer and winter 2010 Certified Meeting Professional examinations...
Meeting Measurement Company Wins Annual Technology Prize
GuideStar Research’s MeetingMetrics has taken home the 2008 technology prize from EIBTM, the Barcelona, Spain-based meetings and incentives exhibition...
Mixed Election Results for Casino Resort Gambling
While America was electing its first African-American president, voters in several states were making decisions on issues impacting the meetings and travel industries...
Global Destinations See Slowdown but Few Cuts
The International Congress and Convention Association revealed the results of a member survey at its annual meeting last week in Victoria, B.C., which showed optimism for the international meetings business through the end of 2008, but some to-be-expected pessimism for next year’s bottom lines....
CME Pros Celebrate New Certification Program
It took three years and more than 70 volunteers working thousands of hours, but now the continuing medical education profession has its first certification program. ...
OP-ED: Saving the Economy Through Meetings
Bruce M. MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International, sent his thoughts on the intersection of meetings and the global financial crisis to the trade press and mainstream media. ...
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