Does the management model of an association make a difference when it comes to financial performance? A new study has found that more standalone associations operated at a deficit in 2008—the first year of the recession—than those managed by...

The International Board for the Global Day of Prayer has chosen Jacksonville, Fla., as the host for its worldwide 2011 religious event. It will take place on Pentecost Sunday (June 12, 2011) and is expected to attract more than 15,000 attendees...

The Professional Convention Management Association has announced that it will co-locate its 2011 Education Conference with AIBTM (The Americas Meetings and Events Exhibition) next June in Baltimore and it has struck a deal to have the Virtual Edge...

A recent survey on Internet privacy and reputation management points to some interesting twists on the road to integrating meetings with social media...

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Terri Breining on ROI, Martin Sirk on Globalization

The Brussels-based Union of International Associations has just released its International Meeting Statistics report for the year 2009. UIA has conducted research, monitoring, and information-gathering on international organizations, international...

Though international travel to the United States was up 15 percent in the first two months of 2010 over the same period in 2009, it will take a lot more positive news to reverse a 10-year downward trend, characterized as the “lost decade” by Roger...