Air Travel Costs Take a Jump
The Air Travel Price Index, released last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation, rose 10.3 percent in the first quarter of this year...
Hotels Stepping Up New Inventory Pace
While the seller’s market is undoubtedly here to stay for a while, Lodging Econometrics’ midyear report is forecasting increasing growth in new hotel inventory...
Marriott to Go Smoke-Free
As of September, all U.S. and Canadian Marriott International properties will be smoke-free. ...
Unite Here Forms Meetings Exchange For Planners
Unite Here launched a new organization that provides information to meeting planners on union-friendly hotels, labor disputes, and other issues that could impact site selection decisions. ...
Religious Conference Manager Has Moved!
Visit us at our new site: rcm.meetingsnet.com...
Suppliers Cozy Up to Religious Meetings
Meeting industry suppliers are embracing the religious market like never before, according to Warren Breaux, vice president of marketing at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, Tenn....
RCMA Bucks Lowered Attendance Trend
While many meeting industry associations found dwindling attendance at their early 2002 conferences, the Religious Conference Management Association’s 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition proved to be a winner by breaking its all-time attendance record....
RCMA Bucks Lowered Attendance Trend
While many meeting industry associations found dwindling attendance at their early 2002 conferences, the Religious Conference Management Association’s 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition proved to be a winner by breaking its all-time attendance record....
Web Site Created for Ongoing 9/11-related Coverage
New site highlights the latest developments related to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath....
9/11: An Ongoing Special Report on the Impact of the Tragic Events of September 11, 2001
http://industryclick.com/Microsites/Index.asp?pageid=990&srid=10214&magazineid=289&siteid=28...
New York City Battles Back
RCM spoke with Terry Dale, executive vice president, and Nell Barrett, senior vice president, communications, NYC & Company, to get the convention and visitors bureau’s inside perspective on how New York City pulled together to handle the September 11 crisis. And how it plans to face the challenges to come....
New Museum Offers Unique Meeting Space
If you’re planning a religious meeting in Springfield, Mo., you might want to consider using the new Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium as part of your event....
New Museum Offers Unique Meeting Space
If you’re planning a religious meeting in Springfield, Mo., you might want to consider using the new Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium as part of your event....
New Museum Offers Unique Meeting Space
If you’re planning a religious meeting in Springfield, Mo., you might want to consider using the new Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium as part of your event....
New Museum Offers Unique Meeting Space
If you’re planning a religious meeting in Springfield, Mo., you might want to consider using the new Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium as part of your event....
Hot Times In Philadelphia
No one would argue that the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Association Executives, held August 4-7 at the Philadelphia Convention Center, was a hot time--both figuratively and literally. While daytime temperatures soared into the high and humid 90s, approximately 5,500 of ASAE’s 25,000 members ducked the dog-day weather by wandering the aisles at the exposition, where they found 922 booths and more than 500 vendors to do business with....
Stained glass museum adds work of Tiffany
Religious meeting planners, do your attendees appreciate stained glass? If so, then the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows at the popular Navy Pier in Chicago should be on your city tours the next time you visit the Windy City....
Clause and Effect
Ever find yourself baffled by legalese when negotiating a contract? You’re not alone. Here's a typical problematic clause— and expert legal advice about what you can do to protect yourself and your organization.
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High-Tech Hotel Service
In April, Marriott announced a new division that will coordinate sales and service of communications technologies at its properties around the globe. EventCom Technologies by Marriott (www.marriott.com/eventcom) will serve as both a tech consultancy to Marriott clients and as a one-stop shop for multiproperty technical events. Services will include satellite broadcasting, ISDN videoconferencing, Web conferencing, Web streaming, and audioconferencing, and event management and production....
IACVB's Internet Spin-off Gears Down
The bad news in the tech stock markets has forced at least one meetings industry technology startup to rethink its business plan. OfficialTravelInformation.com, a for-profit organization spun off by the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus last summer as an electronic front door to more than 1,000 convention and visitor bureaus, has dissolved its technology partner relationships and lost its CEO and only staff member, William Hanbury,...
The Super Show Finds Flat-Fee Drayage a Hit
Overtime charges, special handling fees, outrageous small package delivery charges, late penalties at the warehouse…it’s the little things that get exhibitors down. So The Super Show, an annual 80,000-attendee, 2,500-exhibitor sports product and apparel trade and marketing event owned by the Sports Manufacturers Association and managed by Communications & Show Management, Inc., decided to implement a flat-fee-per-booth drayage program for The Super Show/s0-01 that would eliminate those niggling...
The Super Show Finds Flat-Fee Drayage a Hit
Overtime charges, special handling fees, outrageous small package delivery charges, late penalties at the warehouse…it’s the little things that get exhibitors down. So The Super Show, an annual 80,000-attendee, 2,500-exhibitor sports product and apparel trade and marketing event owned by the Sports Manufacturers Association and managed by Communications & Show Management, Inc., decided to implement a flat-fee-per-booth drayage program for The Super Show/s0-01 that would eliminate those niggling...
Dot-Com Update1 August 2001, 8:45am GMT
Internet stocks may be taking a pounding, but activity among meeting planning dotcoms has stepped up. Here's a Meetingsnet Exclusive look at recent developments....
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