Reader, it's time to say goodbye. After 14 years at the helm of Association Meetings, I am moving on to another job in publishing. It's a bittersweet parting, for even as I look forward to the next step in my career, I am sad to say goodbye to...

For its milestone 35th World Conference and Exposition in 2007, RCMA will return to its roots...

“We want APEX to be the ‘Intel inside,’” said Terri Breining, chairwoman of the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) Initiative at the Meeting Professionals International World Education Conference in July. Breining...

The American Dental Association is revamping its annual exhibition, doing away with an exhibitor categorization concept that was introduced at its 2004 convention...

Is there anything tougher than following in the footsteps of a legend...

In early September, our 6-year-old daughter, Clare, began first grade. Here are things I've learned from her first month that apply to my life, and perhaps to yours, too...

IMEX, one of the largest exhibitions in the world dedicated to meetings and travel, welcomed representatives of the Religious Conference Management Association to its fourth annual show in Frankfurt, Germany, this past spring...

If you're looking for the next thing in creative marketing tools for trade shows, you would have found it at last month's International Manufacturing Technology Show, September 6 to 13, in Chicago. That's where HypoSurface made its North American...

First New York, then Chicago and San Francisco: One by one, hotel worker contracts are being settled in major convention cities across the country, turning a year that once looked ominous for its potential for labor strife into one that may very...

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