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Cher Lorentz — meeting planner, wife, mother … product endorser? If you know the mild-mannered, Minneapolis-based Evangelical Free Church of America conference coordinator, it might seem far-fetched to imagine her appearing on television. But...

The expansion of the Palm Springs Convention Center (www.palmspringscc.com) opened earlier this year in Palm Springs, Calif. The $34 million project features an almost all-new 261,000-square-foot facility, which now has 120,000 square feet of...

“From a marketing perspective, the most important thing is just get people there to see for themselves,” says Jeff Fugate, vice president of national sales at Conferon Global Services, Twinsburg, Ohio, and a member of the New Orleans Metropolitan...

Number of people who earned CMP designations in January:432 ...

If you prefer an aisle seat when you fly, you might have to pay for it on your next flight on Northwest Airlines. The carrier started a program last month allowing economy-class customers to reserve certain upfront aisle seats and exit row seats...

Religious Conference Manager interviewed planners who specialize in teen meetings, plus representatives of cities that frequently host teen events of all sizes and types. We asked, “What's working?” in the areas of site selection, cost-control...

A couple of years ago, Jeremy Figoten had no problem finding first-choice hotel rooms for his association's 5,000-attendee annual meeting. Times have definitely changed. “In the past, hotels would try to work with us,” explains Figoten, director...

The Religious Conference Management Association's 34th annual World Conference and Exposition, held in San Jose in February, saw a 5 percent increase in attendance over the previous year's conference in St. Louis, according to DeWayne Woodring...