Are third-party pharmaceutical meeting planning companies a commodity or a service? That was a question debated during an exclusive summit of independent planners at the 6th Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum...More
Meetings and Incentives, the Caledonia, Wis.-based meetings management company, will partner with corporate travel management company giant Travelocity Business....More
You'll soon get to know Kuoni—the high-end leisure travel and tour company that just purchased the U.S. destination management operations of TBA Global. We spoke with the CEO....More
They're squeezed by requests for proposal that take hours‹ even days‹to complete, and by clients who expect the same caliber event as last year, but for far less money. Event planners share their frustrations and some solutions....More
Meeting and incentive companies are adding services and positioning themselves as strategic partners to win corporate clients' business in 2010. It might be the only way they can survive....More
From putting put service-level agreements in place with preferred suppliers to developing key performance metrics for measuring vendors to communicating with your preferred suppliers, there are many nuances to SRM...More
The Association of Destination Management Executives, Dayton, Ohio, is rolling out a new accreditation program that it hopes will simplify the job of...More
CLAUSE: All room revenue is commissionable at 10 percent to Smith Meeting Services. Hotel agrees commission will be paid to Smith Meeting Services within...More
