PlanSoft Corp. and seeUthereTechnologies have announced the merger of the two companies to create OnVantage Inc. The new company combines PlanSoft's searchable database of hotels and meeting suppliers with a technology leader management solutions...

If you run large meetings at which networking is a priority — and you make that networking a budget priority — read on. A tech tool called Rio, created by CRG-Total Event Solutions, Seattle, allows attendees to search an online database to find...

Ben Yalow, event planner for the 2004 World Science Fiction Convention, noticed an unexpected number of hits and queries to the convention Web site this year. However, the added interest had nothing to do with the event itself, held September 2 to...

The $211 million DeVos Place convention center opened its doors in December, encompassing a total area of 1 million square feet in the heart of Grand Rapids, Mich. The 162,000-square-foot exhibition hall is the size of three football fields...

In the movie houses of the 1920s, silent films were scored by musicians who played large pipe organs in the theaters. Back then, there were thousands of these instruments, but today there are only a few hundred left...

Picture a meeting with no keynote speakers, no pre-announced workshop schedules, and no panel discussions. Instead, the participants organize themselves in a circle and talk about what they want to talk about...

Rebecca Merwin Conference Coordinator Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles ...

A new activity on the teambuilding circuit is well-suited for high-level groups: orienteering. In team orienteering, groups take a half day to learn basic skills such as compass reading, topographical map reading, and distance pace-setting, then...

Congratulations to our Inner Circle Award winners for 2004! Readers of Association Meetings magazine have chosen 30 hotel winners in our 13th annual Inner Circle Awards. These properties are selected for their high level of service, flexible...