You've nailed down the venue, secured the hotel rooms, booked the speakers, and signed the contracts. But some things are beyond even the best religious meeting planner's control. What if — because of airline strikes, earthquakes, or “acts of God”...

Medical emergencies will happen at meetings. Often the difference between life and death may be seconds or minutes...

Terri Tracey was there at the beginning, so to speak. The vice president of technology for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), helped launch an online, for-credit course for members of her Tempe, Ariz.-based organization in 1996 — several...

Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels and Resorts is instituting what Bruce Small, director of sales information systems, calls “a totally new approach to group billing.” ...

The resort, one of the finest meeting properties in Mexico, now has two group/meeting facilities — a state-of-the-art conference center (capacity 2,680 people), and a new exhibition center (capacity 5,580 people)...

Has the age of electronic conferencing finally arrived? The generalized term e-conferencing has come into vogue, encompassing webconferencing, audioconferencing, videoconferencing, collaborative tools, and e-learning tools. (See sidebar for...

Lynn Pescherine, convention sales manager at the Hilton New York, lost her husband Michael on September 11. He was vice president of Fixed Income Sales at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a bond trading company, and he worked on the 89th floor of...

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Just 40 minutes away by air from one of Australia's most awesome natural attractions, Ayer's Rock, the $10 million Alice Springs Convention Centre is scheduled to open on March 31, just a mile from downtown...

Downtown locations can make your job both harder and easier. Easier because downtown destinations are very often more conveniently located than many resort areas, and typically your attendees will not want for plenty of nearby activities and...