An Exclusive Tool and Zero Waste--News from PCMA in Toronto

Jan 09, 2007

At the Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting this week in Toronto, a new online tool to measure meeting performance was introduced, with PCMA members getting exclusive access through September 2007...

Jan 08, 2007

Marking its one-year anniversary, the meetings industry listserv called MeCo, short for the Meetings Community, is launching a new feature called Chat Lessons 1.0 for its growing online community...

Hawaii CVB, Center Launch Joint Web Site

Jan 08, 2007

The Hawai`i Visitors and Convention Bureau and SMG Hawai`i, which manages the Hawai`i Convention Center, have joined forces to launch BusinessAloha.com, a new destination Web site dedicated to meeting planners’ needs in the Hawaiian islands...

Oahu: Who Knew?

Jan 05, 2007

They came to town bearing chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and news of the island. Recently three women from Oahu’s tourism industry met with members of the press in Boston to update them on Hawaii happenings of interest to meeting planners and...

Tollett Resigns Houston Bureau Post

Jan 03, 2007

Last week Gerard J. “Jordy” Tollett announced that he is resigning his post as president and CEO of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau to “pursue other ventures.” The GHCVB executive committee accepted his offer to serve as a cons...

Targeting Decision-Makers

Jan 01, 2007

Many of Us think that direct marketing means mailing thousands of brochures or creating a blast e-mail that must be coordinated through a large database to be sent out — strategies that can be time-consuming and very expensive. While mail...

Top Trends for 2007

Dec 29, 2006

Marketing/public relations agency Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell is predicting “another year for the record books” in its Ten Trends to Watch in 2007. YPB&R forecasts that leisure will outpace business when it comes to travel...

Six CVBs Earn DMAI Certification

Dec 28, 2006

Six destination marketing organizations—also called convention and visitors bureaus—have been accredited by the Destination Marketing Association International for meeting universal operating standards...

All Talk Goes to All Pod

Dec 22, 2006

MeetingsRadio, a weekly call-in radio show for the meetings industry that began broadcasting via the Internet in April 2005, is moving to a podcast format in 2007, according to founder Bill Wulff, CMP, president of Above the Rim Events, Fort Lee...

APEX Webinar: Save the Date

Dec 22, 2006

If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for a free webinar February 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. The program will get you up to speed on how the...