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....
Profile: Dean Jones
Like so many others in meeting planning, Dean Jones didn’t aim to become a meeting planner. It just happened—and for that he’s grateful. ...
Building Community at RCMA
Religious Conference Management Association’s Dean Jones talks about exciting changes under way for the 41st annual convention and expo. ...
5 New Networking Opportunities for RCMA’s 2013 Meeting
Here are five great new ways to make the most of the 2013 RCMA Annual Meeting....
A Welcome from Dean Jones, Religious Conference Management Association’s New Director of Conferences and Events
All Aboard! RCMA's new director of conferences and events urges participation from membership...
RCMA Announces First Advisory Council Meeting
RCMA will hold its first Advisory Committee meeting April 30–May 2 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Fla....
Pennsylvania Convention Center Eliminates Labor Management Fee
The Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority and its labor supplier, Elliott Lewis Corp., have agreed to eliminate the 8 percent labor management fee that has been charged to customers and exhibitors for supplying unionized labor services at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia...
Ralenkotter Calls for New National Agenda for Meetings
The new chairman of the U.S. Travel Association’s board of directors, Rossi Ralenkotter, began his term with a call for a new national agenda to strengthen the meetings industry. ...
Creative Menu Planning on a Budget
Knowing peoples’ eating habits can help you save a bunch at your next event....
Tennant Elected to U.S. Travel Association Board
Melvin Tennant, CAE, vice president of the Religious Conference Management Association and president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis, has been elected to the board of directors of the U.S. Travel Association. ...
2011 Was Better Than Expected for Exhibition Industry
The exhibition industry grew 2.7 percent in 2011, exceeding expectations and outpacing the growth of the U.S. gross domestic product. ...
Taking Part in the Religious Conference Management Association's Transitional Moment
Google transitional moment and you’ll find connotations relevant to the shift in the Religious Conference Management Association’s “movement.”...
APEX/ASTM Green Meetings Standards Now Available for Purchase
New green meeting standards produced by the Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and the American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) were released on February 16....
Conference Company Crusades Against Child Sex Trafficking
Nix Conference & Meeting Management has helped to create the first Meeting Planner’s Code of Conduct to fight child sex trafficking at hotels....
Winners of RCMA’s 2011 Member-Get-a-Member Prizes Announced
Award winners in RCMA's 2011 member recruitment campaign were recently announced....
RCMA Board’s Role Is Expanded
The RCMA board of directors announced several structural changes to the board as well as an expansion of its activities....
RCMA Moves Forward With Major Changes
New beginnings and last goodbyes marked the 40th World Conference & Expo last month in Kansas City, Mo., as the association welcomed Executive Director Harry Schmidt and said farewell to longtime leader Dr. DeWayne Woodring....
Welsh to Head Merged Convention Bureau in Chicago
The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau is merging with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, a move that will free up funds to promote the city....
Commentary: Sustainable Meeting Standards—Sorting Through Alphabet Soup
Time and effort that will be needed to put the full menu of sustainable meeting standards into practice....
U.S. Travel to Educate Lawmakers to Protect the Meetings Industry
The U.S. Travel Association has launched a new campaign to raise awareness in Congress about the importance of meetings and incentive travel to the economy. ...
Obama Travel Initiatives Met with Praise
President Barack Obama announced new initiatives aimed at boosting the economy by increasing the number of international visitors who travel to the United States each year....
Mega Convention Center Proposed for Queens, New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed building a 3.8 million-square-foot convention center in Queens....
Juliet Funt Kicks Off RCMA Opening Session
The opening general session at the Religious Conference Management Association's 40th World Conference & Expo will kick off with speaker Juliet Funt. She’ll talk about how to find practical solutions to the problem of “too much to do with too little time.”...
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