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IMEX and Fast Future Propose 10 Challenges for Meetings Industry
Interviews, research, and a global survey reveal the drivers of meeting changes in the next decade....
Commentary: Energy Report Pushes Hotels Toward Meaningful Changes
A new database developed by Vermont-based Brighter Planet may help meeting facilities get serious about energy efficiency....
Active Integrates Mobile Suite With Meeting Tech Solutions
Active Network, the event technology company that acquired StarCite earlier this year, has launched a suite of mobile applications....
Europe Still Tops for Association Meetings
The International Congress and Convention Association releases is always-anticipated annual list of the most popular convention destnations worldwide....
CMS Pushes Sunshine Act Data Collection Deadline to 2013
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced earlier this month that it was pushing back the deadline by which pharmaceutical companies must begin collecting data on the amount of money they spend on individual physicians to January 1, 2013. ...
White House Issues Memo on Meeting Limits
In a May 11 memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, outlined new government restrictions on federal meetings and travel. ...
What’s Behind DMC Pricing?
Destination management companies' traditional "bundled markup" method of pricing can be off-putting, but there is no mystery to the math. Here's the formula......
Join Us for the Change Summit
A day of education and networking exclusively for senior corporate meeting managers ...
Commentary: A Price Tag on Knowledge—When Does It Defeat the Purpose?
Here's a dilemma facing many associations: how and whether to charge for strategic knowledge that might deliver better results if it circulated free. ...
St. Regis Glamour the Perfect Fit for Bal Harbour
Starwood opens the newest St. Regis in Miami Beach...
RCMA’s First Advisory Council Meets in Jacksonville
Twelve meeting planners from a cross-section of faith-based groups participated in RCMA’s first advisory council....
RCMA Leadership Visits Bahamas
RCMA Executive Director Dr. Harry Schmidt and Director of Conferences and Events Dean Jones, CMP, in April visited more than a half dozen conference properties in the Bahamas, exploring possible destinations for future RCMA events and also looking at what the country can offer religious conferences in general....
Industry Mourns Orlando’s Gary Sain, Travel and Meetings Luminary
Gary Sain, 61, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly....
GSA Debacle Leads to Travel Ban
The General Services Administration has suspended all travel to external, private-sector conferences for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, which ends September 30. ...
Buy an Idea, Support GMIC
The Green Meeting Industry Council Foundation is holding an "Idea Auction," to raise to suport its educational efforts....
Anatomy of a Merger: How Two Conventions Became One
When the Society for Biomolecular Sciences, Danbury, Conn., and the Association for Laboratory Automation, Schaumburg, Ill., agreed to merge in July 2010, the new combined organization, the Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening, set out to merge conventions, too. ...
Meeting Tech Expo Sets Sights on D.C.
The Meetings Technology Expo is landing in Washington, D.C., this year with a one-day event focused on technology-specific education and networking....
GSA Scandal Hits GBTA; ASAE Fights Restrictions on Government Meetings
The aftereffects of the U.S. General Services Administration’s disastrously mismanaged Western Region Conference continue to ripple through the meetings industry. ...
Commentary: Green Meetings Conference Vibrates with Sustainable Power
The Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal seemed to vibrate with sustainable power when it hosted the small but mighty Green Meeting Industry Council’s annual conference last week....
Blow Your Horn: Site Crystal Award Entries Due
Site International continues its 30-plus year tradition of recognizing incentive travel excellence with its 2012 Crystal Awards Recognition Program. ...
Meeting Planning Job Outlook Mixed for 2012
Is the forecast brightening for meeting managers searching for jobs? ...
Hacker Looks Ahead
When his contract expires on September 30, 2012, Steven Hacker will step down as president of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events....
Green-Minded Meeting Pros Hear Plans for Sustainability
Approximately 200 meeting sustainability gurus gathered in Montreal this week for the 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council. ...
Commentary: A Small Twist on Sustainability Thinking
Here's what I see as a smarter, more methodical way of using the green meeting standards to shift the industry’s performance. ...
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