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New and Renovated Meeting Venues: A Quick Peek

An ever-changing slide show of the latest hotel and other meeting venue openings, renovations, and additions

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  • May 16, 2013
    Article

    The Future of Free Wi-Fi: Planner’s Guide to Internet Pricing

    You might be able to get free Wi-Fi for your event. But do you want it? Maybe you should leave "free" in the lobby and get yourself some dedicated bandwidth....More
  • May 13, 2013
    Article

    Association Meeting Locked Down During Boston Manhunt

    Alex Zapple was walking back to her hotel from dinner when she heard sirens blaring and saw multiple police cars racing past, headed toward the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge where an officer had just been shot....More
  • May 13, 2013
    Article

    ICCA Ranks More Meetings Than Ever; Copenhagen Is Big Mover

    No surprises at the top of the International Congress & Convention Association city and country rankings for association meetings held in 2012. The U.S. remains the top country; Vienna is still the top city. Elsewhere in the lists, Copenhagen moves up and China slips....More
  • Apr. 29, 2013
    Article

    Cancel Your Meeting, Plan an Event

    Start using a marketing mindset in your meeting management: Design events to influence audiences and grow your business....More
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    Apr. 29, 2013
    blog

    Taking Trade Shows from Areas to Avoid to Centers of Interest

    How can we retool trade shows so that, instead of at best generating attendee apathy, the show floor becomes an interesting, engaging, want-to-be-there place? Or has the time come to blow up the traditional exhibition model altogether?...More
  • Apr. 26, 2013
    Article

    How About a Discount for Holding a Green Meeting?

    Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has created a list of 10 steps to make your meeting more sustainable—and wants to reward you for following them....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
    Article

    ASCA and Boston Stand Tall in Face of Bombings

    Capturing the spirit of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which met at the Hynes Convention Center just two days after bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a board member closed the conference by quoting noted author Salman Rushdie: “How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.”...More
  • Apr. 19, 2013
    Article

    Operations Suspended at BCEC and Hynes During Boston Manhunt

    In light of the manhunt going on Friday for the Boston Marathon bomber at large, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Executive Director James Rooney issued a statement on how operations have been suspended at the Hynes Convention Center and the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center as the city went into lockdown mode....More
  • Apr. 16, 2013
    Article

    Heightened Security in Boston Following Bombings; Meetings Proceed as Scheduled

    In the aftermath of the tragedy that unfolded on April 15 in Boston, in which two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority released a statement with an update on the status of the Hynes Convention Center, security enhancements, and meetings at the facility....More
  • Apr. 16, 2013
    Article

    MPI Names New CEO

    Meeting Professionals International has named Walgreen Co. executive Paul Van Deventer as its new president and chief executive officer....More
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