Inefficient, inaccurate, and costly: That may be the best way to describe communications between meeting professionals and hotels, say leaders at the Convention Industry Council....More
Event-management technology company StarCite has released a version of its strategic meetings management solution that is designed to help life-sciences companies adhere to regulatory demands that they track and report all expenses that involve healthcare professionals....More
Each in its own way, two companies with new software offerings—SignUp4 and Meeting Consultants—represent the evolution of strategic meetings management technology as SMM concepts continue to blaze a trail through corporate America....More
Meetings management software can increase compliance with organizational policies and give planners powerful reports to share with leadership. But here's...More
Elite Meetings International, a provider of integrated technology solutions for meeting and hospitality professionals, announced at The Motivation Show in Chicago last week a new electronic RFP process, called SpeedRFP...More
With today's intense focus on the ROI of meetings, planners have to be beyond reproach with their meeting choices and need the data to back them up. It's...More
The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange initiative has launched APEX Powershop, a hosted software application designed to help meeting planners submit RFPs more efficiently....More
Companies that bill their meeting expenses to the American Express card and use the StarCite meeting spend management tool heard some noteworthy news last week: The companies are integrating those products, allowing—among other things—for planners to reconcile the charges without rekeying them into the spend management tool....More
The meetings industry has a big problem, and everyone knows it: Planners cannot communicate electronically with their venues. Event details are spelled...More
Not long ago, Marybeth Roberts took a ride from Amgen's office in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to Santa Monica to check on a meeting she was overseeing. It...More
Technology is the linchpin of a strategic meeting management program. And the Groups and Meetings Committee of the National Business Travel Association...More
Security, ability to integrate, pricing, and reporting are just some of the hot RFP issues you need to address when searching for an online registration provider....More
FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND online meeting registration systems or most meeting technologies, for that matter as well as Jeff Rasco, president of Attendee Management...More
Everyone knows the benefits of online registration, but the costs can be brutal. Depending on the application, your overall volume, and the terms of your...More
Site selection and meeting management firm HelmsBriscoe has teamed up with StarCite, an online site selection company based in Philadelphia, to offer...More
At century-old New York Life, software streamlined the planning process and helped the meeting department capture a bigger share of the company’s events....More
StarCite continues to build on its platform of e-products and services for the meeting industry with the purchase of Cardinal Communication’s RegWeb, an online attendee registration system....More
