American Express Business Travel’s 2011 Global Business Travel Forecast is out, and the good news is that demand for meetings and business travel is on the rise. The bad news for budgets? Costs are going up, too...
Thanks to an economic downturn that continues to put a crimp on spending, more and more religious groups are dealing with onerous attrition penalties. Attendees may not be coming to meetings in the same numbers as in the past, and even if they are...
Attendees booking outside the room block caused headaches and attrition penalties for the National Association of Free Will Baptists Inc. Here's how the group is grappling with the problem.
When it comes to room-block attrition fees, the old adage, “Hope for the best, but plan for the worst,” is most appropriate. But when the attrition fees move from a possibility to a reality, how should organizations proceed? Here are some tips and...
Site selection is tremendously important to the success of an association meeting. Who better than hotels and destination marketing organizations to give us an overall view of the trends? We tapped into their collective wisdom to ask about the...
The five innovators featured in this story stood out as people who, even during this difficult economy, were able to look at their meetings with fresh eyes and find new ways to drive attendance, create a better educational environment, and use the...
