The Greater Hartford (Conn.) Convention and Visitors Bureau’s “Bring It Home” program is paying off as local residents and organizations have helped the city win five association meetings over the next two years...
A trio of associations in the printing industry is embarking on an effort to not only green their joint conference, but their entire industry, through a program that recognizes environmental sustainable printers. In time, just about every piece of...
Is it a buyer's market yet? How are airline cuts affecting meetings? What are the trends in the religious market? We asked CVB leaders from around the country to tell us what's going on in cities these days — and to predict what the near future...
Now that practically every hotel and convention center is jumping on the green meetings bandwagon, there are bound to be some who will try to fake some green practices just to make you happy (or get the contract).
WE LOOK FOR CLEANLINESS and how professional the staff is. I work with a very unique audience (professional athletes), so we make sure the venue is beautiful and it's someplace I'd want to go. We want our groups to feel welcome, so we check that...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Religious Conference Manager's newest column, “Cool Tools.” We asked James Spellos, CMP, founder and president of New York-based meeting professional training and consulting company Meeting U., to use the column to keep...