“Accessibility to good entertainment and good dining is a must for most groups,” says Carey Rountree, executive vice president of sales at the Atlanta CVB. “The closer the better. I don't think I've seen any changes in those criteria — the demands...

APEX just might be the meeting industry's most ambitious project ever. A five-year mega-effort by the Convention Industry Council to develop and implement accepted practices for the meetings industry, APEX is focused on seven subjects: housing and...

Use this comprehensive selection of Web sites, publications, associations, and U.S. agencies to help plan your international religious meetings...

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Basics to Keep in Mind ...

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research has launched a new project that will track the growth of the exhibition industry in the United States and Canada...

The Professional Meeting Planners Network, which specializes in small medical meetings, has spun off a new company to resell online registration services and to try to make Web registration and housing more practical for smaller groups — both...

Hats Off to the Revolutionaries ...

Due to an editing error, we did not correctly attribute comments in “Let's Make a Deal” (October, page 35). It should have read: “Be sure to obtain a copy of the center's operating policies,” advises Tony Maiorino, special projects manager for...

Have you noticed how often hospitality staff rotates, changes assignments, and sometimes relocates? A friend recently commented to me, “Jack, we should change assignments every eight years.” The comment came in a discussion regarding the challenge...