Economy Front of Mind, Pre-Motivation Show Survey Says 

The economy is weighing heavily on corporate meeting professionals, according to an e-mail survey taken by Corporate Meetings & Incentives and The Motivation Show last week...

Fellers Leaves RSNA 

Dave Fellers, CAE, executive director of the Radiological Society of North America since 2001, has left the Chicago-based association. ...

ASAE Plans Study Trips for Medical Associations 

For the first time, the American Society of Association Executives & The Center for Association Leadership will host an international study mission specifically for executives and meeting professionals at medical associations....

Stanford Restricts Commercial Support 

The Stanford University School of Medicine adopted a new policy that says it will no longer accept commercial support for specific activities in continuing medical education....

IMEX Accepting Green Award Nominees 

Nominations are now being accepted for the IMEX Green Awards 2009, to be presented at IMEX 2009, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, May 26-29 in Frankfurt, Germany. ...

Houston Recovers From Ike 

Houston’s meetings infrastructure, for the most part, weathered the fierce category 2 Hurricane Ike that hit the region over the weekend. ...

IAEE Expels a Member 

For the first time in its history, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events has moved to expel a member....

New Discussion Groups to Tackle Meeting Sustainability Standards 

The Accepted Practices Exchange, an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, has launched a new working group—the APEX Green Meetings and Events Practices Panel, bringing the meetings industry a step closer to developing baseline standards to achieve responsible levels of sustainability. ...

Gaylord to Build Convention Resort in Mesa, Ariz.  

Gaylord Entertainment, owner of such properties as Nashville’s sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and the just-opened Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Maryland on the Potomac River, has announced plans to build a resort and convention hotel at the Mesa Proving Grounds in Mesa, Ariz. ...

NBTA to Launch Strategic Meeting Management Certification 

In the last few years, the white papers of the Groups and Meetings Committee at the National Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Va., have taken the lead in defining the concept of a strategic meetings management program...

Dolce Rebrands but Keeps Meetings Focus 

Just because Dolce International has rebranded itself as Dolce Hotels and Resorts doesn’t mean that Dolce is turning its back on its conference center heritage—or its corporate customers....

CMI at the Motivation Show 

Join Corporate Meetings & Incentives at this year’s Motivation Show, to be held September 23 to 25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. ...

Hotel Industry Posts Gains Despite Lower Occupancies 

Despite a downturn in occupancy levels, U.S. hotels posted increases in both average daily rate and revenue per available room for the month of July, according to Smith Travel Research....

ASAE and The Center Diversify 

At its annual meeting last week, ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership put some action behind the 2008 diversity initiative announced at last year’s conference by opening the meeting with a panel of diversity experts...

APEX Amps Up Event Management Offering with New Powershop 

The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange initiative has launched APEX Powershop, a hosted software application designed to help meeting planners submit RFPs more efficiently. ...

Quality improvement Institute Launches Conference 

The National Institute for Quality Improvement and Education is holding its first annual conference...

70 Earn New CCMEP Certification 

In July, 70 continuing medical education professionals became the first to earn the new Certified Continuing Medical Education Professional designation...

DIA Draws Record Attendance in Boston 

The Drug Information Association attracted record attendance for its annual meeting in Boston, despite striking food service workers and union members picketing in front of the convention center during the meeting...

Report from MPI-WEC 2008, Las Vegas 

Bruce MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International, welcomed a record-breaking audience of more than 4,300 attendees to MPI’s World Education Congress at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during Sunday’s opening general session. ...

Lost Laptop Leads to Halt in RT Enrollments 

The Transportation Security Agency has prohibited Verified Identity Pass Inc., the operator of the Clear Registered Traveler program, from enrolling new RT customers after a computer laptop containing the unencrypted personal information of 33,000 RT enrollees went missing last month. ...

Airline Crisis Front and Center for Destinations 

“The economy isn’t going to get much better in the next year,” said William A. Hanbury, president and CEO of Destination DC, and chair of Destination Marketing Association International....

A Buyer’s Market? Or Are Sellers Still in Control? 

Early in July, the hospitality industry was rocked by Marriott International’s announcement that second-quarter profits fell by 24 percent and that revenue per available room, or RevPar, would decrease by 1 percent in the United States in 2008. ...

Worktopia Launches Booking Engine 

Worktopia Inc., an online booking engine that offers meeting planners the ability to search, compare, and book simple meetings and group accommodations online in real time, announced its Universal Meeting Solution at the National Business Travel Association meeting in Los Angeles yesterday. ...

Tom Norwalk Takes the Helm of Seattle CVB 

Tom Norwalk has been named president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, effective July 25...

StarCite Appoints New CEO 

Meetings management technology provider StarCite has appointed Gregory J. Dukat as its new chief executive officer...

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