The economy and gas prices are affecting hotel demand, but are they affecting room rates yet? For every 10 percent increase in gas prices, there is a correlating 0.5 percent decline in hotel demand, said Bjorn Hanson, a hospitality and leisure...

Bill Peeper, who retired as president of the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2006 after 25 years of service, has come out of retirement to join Maitland, Fla.-based consulting company, OCG as senior project advisor. OCG...

The latest trends and strategies in exhibition management will be discussed at the annual Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum, held June 19 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C...

The boards of the American Society of Association Executives and The Center For Association Leadership will appoint a joint task force to reexamine the governance relationship between the two organizations, says John Graham, president and chief...

The Convention Industry Council has named Talley Management Group Inc. as its new association management company, effective immediately. CIC, an umbrella organization of 33 associations representing the meetings, convention, and exposition...

Travelers avoided taking 41 million trips last year—including 12 million business trips—because of their frustration with air travel, according to a new study by the Travel Industry Association. The upshot is a $26.5 billion hit to the economy...

Cost-Cutting Is a Near-Constant task of meeting-planning staff. Almost from the beginning of each fiscal year, our collective fear that we won't “hit the numbers” or “make budget” is all-consuming, which can lead to some very ill-considered...

While the corporate world has, until now, taken the lead on the movement, I think the time has come to take the “C” out of the “Corporate Social Responsibility” buzz-phrase and let associations show just how far-reaching...

The annual RCMA Member Survey gives a picture of religious meetings conducted by RCMA's meeting planners. The 2007 snapshot shows that RCMA members are an important, growing force in the meetings industry as they build on strong relationships with...