At a recent roundtable discussion with convention and visitors bureau executives (see page 97), the conversation touched on issues related to how discount hotel rates on the Internet have affected convention room blocks...

At the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting in Chicago's McCormick Place this year, exhibitors could plug in their own devices, as long as they weren't high voltage, thanks to union concessions. Since RSNA is one of the largest...

Supercomm, the world's largest communications conference, is taking its final bow in 2005 at McCormick Place, Chicago, June 6 to 9. That's because the two organizations that put it on — United States Telecom Association and the Telecommunications...

The Jacksonville & the Beaches CVB has hired Theda Jackson as convention sales manager. She will promote Jacksonville & the Beaches to all religious, fraternal and multicultural markets. With a background in the hospitality industry...

With fuel prices skyrocketing, oil is almost a four-letter word these days as far as consumers and travelers are concerned...

Foro Internacional Médico opened in March 2004 at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, attracting nearly 6,000 attendees — the first meeting of its kind and magnitude for general physicians in the Spanish-speaking world. The FIM conference was the...

At the most fundamental level, return on investment, or ROI, starts with a good budget, one that takes into account the many nuances of the meeting, according to Bonnie Wallsh, chief solutions officer, Bonnie Wallsh Associates, Charlotte, N.C...

We all know 2004 was the year the Red and Blue states met head to head in an historic election that returned George W. Bush to the White House. It was also the year the Red Sox beat the Cardinals to win the World Series after decades of trying...

The skies ahead are not likely to be especially bright for the U.S. airline industry. With route cutbacks, bankruptcies, budget cuts, and layoffs the order of the day for many carriers, meeting planners and attendees should be prepared for...

Carbs aren't king, but they're not a pariah anymore either. Interest in the carbohydrate-free Atkins diet is on the wane, say the culinary experts at Benchmark Hospitality International, who compiled a list of five dining trends for meetings and...