Lessons Learned From Going Hybrid: Three Case Studies
At the Virtual Edge Summit in January, three association executives spoke about their inaugural 2010 hybrid events and the lessons learned from their first efforts....
Alliance for CME Broadens Focus, New Name Under Consideration
The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education has launched what many at the organization’s 36th Annual Conference in San Francisco last month described as an ambitious new vision, mission, and strategic plan designed to broaden the organization’s scope beyond certified CME to include the full spectrum of professional healthcare education and continuing professional development....
Commentary: A "Shush" Heard Around the Room
It was a "shush" that resonated across a roomful of meeting and association professionals....
Your Chance to Be Fearless: Attend EventCamp February 11–13
Specifically designed for event professionals looking to integrate technology and new media into their meetings and special events, EventCamp is "a playground for creativity" and "an experiment in meeting planning."...
IMEX America Lands U.S. Travel as Promotion Partner
IMEX America, the new meeting and incentive industry exhibition launching in Las Vegas in October, has another high-profile partner, the U.S. Travel Association....
MPI Opens Web Content to Nonmember Planners
In an effort to bring more meeting planners into its online community, Meeting Professionals International announced today that it will offer free access to many of the services that, until now, were reserved for members only....
CIC Examines Costs of Event Spec Exchanges
Inefficient, inaccurate, and costly: That may be the best way to describe communications between meeting professionals and hotels, say leaders at the Convention Industry Council....
Sponsorship Dollars for Events Climb in 2010
For the many organizations that see sponsorships as a critical revenue stream, the news is good: Sponsor purse strings are loosening. ...
Hot Topics in Medical Meetings
From getting docs to visit the expo floor to the pros and cons of e-posters, here’s what medical meeting professionals were talking about at the 2011 Professional Convention Management Association conference....
How to Avoid Medical Meeting Funding Land Mines
A panel of experts at the 2011 Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting reveals how to find the right funding for your CME activities....
Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum Coming March 27-29
For those who plan pharma, medical device, and other life sciences-related meetings, there’s another learning and networking opportunity right around the corner. The 7th Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum, also co-organized by CBI and MM, will be held March 27-29 at the Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia....
Convention Center Package Benefits PCMA
For the fourth time, the Professional Convention Management Association’s convention center silent auction is offering the highest bidder a greatly reduced rate for an annual meeting package. This year the destination is New Orleans....
Green Meeting Association Aims for Innovative Conference Design
The Green Meeting Industry Council is promising some outside-the-box programming at its annual Sustainable Meetings Conference, February 20–23 in Portland, Ore. ...
Trend Spotting for Meeting Planners: Oil, AA, SMM, CEOs
The price of meetings is going up—and not just because of increased demand and the swing to the seller’s market. StarCite's Kevin Iwamoto has his eye on the price of oil, too, and the move by American Airlines to reduce its own distribution costs thereby potentially increasing your booking costs. Here's how it could play out—and why you must be prepared to manage another round of meeting and travel spending cuts....
Commentary: I Have Seen the Future
Last week, I saw the future of meeting venues.
Just 88 days before the April opening date for the new Ottawa Convention Centre, members of the OCC Advisory Board donned hard hats, steel-toed boots, reflective vests, and safety glasses to tour a project for which the local meetings industry had been fighting, lobbying, and begging for 15 years....
PCMA: High Rolling in Vegas
A record crowd is gathered in Las Vegas for Convening Leaders, the annual meeting of the Professional Convention Management Association. ...
Welsh and Callahan-Giobbi Head for Chicago
Two well-known meeting industry professionals have landed prestigious new jobs. Donald P. Welsh, 54, has been named president and CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau. Katie Callahan-Giobbi has joined Chicago-based Minding Your Business as vice president of sales and strategic account management....
Associated Luxury Hotels International Acquires Hinton + Grusich
Washington, D.C.–based Associated Luxury Hotels International has acquired Chicago-based Hinton + Grusich, expanding the sales network for the 130 four- and five-diamond properties in ALHI’s membership portfolio. ...
Six Meeting Trends for 2011
IMEX America, the worldwide exhibition for the incentive travel, meetings and events business, which debuts October 11–13 in Las Vegas, recently asked meeting industry chief executives what they see ahead for events this year. ...
Sanofi-aventis Layoffs Include Meetings Department
Among the 1,700 employees laid off from Sanofi-aventis pharmaceutical company in late November were those who work in the company’s meeting planning department....
16 Tips for a Healthy, Balanced 2011
To inspire you to start the new year on a healthy and energetic note, we asked insurance and financial services meeting planners and hospitality partners to share their best tips for feeling great and traveling well....
Top 8 Entertainment Trends for 2011
You might be able to afford a big name, and you might want to reconsider that country band. Read on for more about those trends and six more that event entertainment veteran Bill Hopkins sees ahead for 2011....
Want to Boost Your Negotiating Leverage? Book a Hotel Before It Opens
Lynne Schueler has made a habit of booking non-existent properties. It’s a strategy that gets her some fantastic deals—in exchange for taking on some risk and uncertainty....
Bocce—the New Golf?
Bocce may be more than 5,000 years old, but it's getting new life as meeting activity....
Duffy Leaves Maritz to Lead Cruise Association
Christine Duffy, president and CEO of Maritz Travel, is leaving the company to become president of Cruise Lines International Association on February 1. ...
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