While many meeting industry associations found dwindling attendance at their early 2002 conferences, the Religious Conference Management Association’s 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition proved to be a winner by breaking its all-time...

Show organizers these days are finding that they have to do far more consulting with and selling to potential supporters than they have in the past. "Meeting planners usually don’t have a sales background, so this isn’t something they’re used to...

While many meeting industry associations found dwindling attendance at their early 2002 conferences, the Religious Conference Management Association’s 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition proved to be a winner by breaking its all-time...

Set on 1,500 forested acres, Grandover has been designed to function as a first-class conference resort, with meeting rooms to suit every need...

A stranger traveling in a strange place often encounters hazards along the way. That's why the “it's not going to happen to me” syndrome has no place in religious meeting planning. Thinking “it can absolutely happen to me or someone in my group”...

PCMA's annual meeting, held January 6 to 9 at Gaylord Opryland's Convention Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., drew close to 2,300 registrants (1,239 professional members, 632 suppliers, and the remaining students, faculty, and guests). That's about 700...

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In virtually every profession, there are reference materials that are fundamental to the job. Journalists rely on the Associated Press Stylebook; investment professionals turn to the Morningstar Reports. And religious meeting planners keep the...

Survival Guide Whether you are a new meeting planner in need of a site-inspection checklist or a veteran looking for a better attrition clause, search our archives for must-read articles on meeting planning...

In this time of heightened awareness of security and safety issues, what's a religious meeting planner to do (or not do) to protect attendees? Where do you draw the line when it comes to due diligence...