This week, the American Academy of Ophthalmology brought an estimated 23,000 attendees to New Orleans for the association’s annual meeting, becoming the latest in a string of medical associations that have booked major meetings in the Crescent...

Three travel industry organizations, including the Travel Industry Association, are merging into a single, not yet named, new entity...

While many airlines have discontinued or reduced their meetings products, JetBlue is expanding its program, CompanyBlue Meetings, launched earlier this year...

The International Association of Exhibitions and Events is gearing up for its Expo! Expo! Annual Meeting & Exhibition, which will be held December 10-12 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Organizers expect to draw event managers from more than 20...

The Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is getting closer to securing a headquarters hotel, something the convention center has been missing since 1989. On November 1, a panel of 10, including eight county commissioners...

You’ve heard of the three R’s: reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic. Well, the meetings industry has some fundamentals, too, and you can learn about them at a virtual classroom for the industry’s accepted practices exchange initiative, or APEX. On...

November 15, meeting professionals of all political stripes will come together in Denver to discuss the opportunities and challenges of next summer’s Democratic National Convention, which is expected to draw 35,000 delegates, politicians, members...

All key exhibition industry metrics rose in the second quarter, including the biggest gainers, revenue and attendance, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research’s CEIR Index...

Association management software can be a lifesaver, but it also can be complicated to use to its best advantage. Some users of Advanced Solutions International’s iMIS system realized that back in the mid-1990s and decided to get together to talk...

While wildfires raged around San Diego last week, the San Diego Convention Center remained—and remains—“open for business,” according to Steve Johnson, vice president of public affairs for the San Diego Convention Center Corp...