RCMA began in response to a “felt need.” The early organizing group was concerned about embracing and promoting professional and personal development for all religious meeting planners. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of RCMA, we are still...

The Hospitality Services Group of Ernst & Young has revised its growth and profitability forecasts for the U.S lodging industry in 2001 because of repercussions from September 11...

Rumor has it that industry associations are considering a public relations campaign to promote the value of face-to-face meetings, hoping to counter meeting cancellations and attendance declines anticipated for 2002. I can think of at least three...

According to Steven Hacker, president of the International Association of Exhibition Management, the revenue from a well-situated trade show can exceed 50 percent of the annual revenue of an association. And exhibitions have been increasingly...

In real estate, it’s location, location, location. In trade shows, it’s sponsorship, sponsorship, sponsorship. Ron Gold, a trade show profit consultant in Malibu, Calif., says that if an association isn’t pulling at least 30 percent of its revenue...

With none other than President George W. Bush as spokesperson, a new travel promotion campaign sponsored by the Travel Industry Association kicked off this week. Planned to run through December, the ad blitz is just one of the many efforts...

Save this Date—Help Heal Hearts South Florida meeting and events professionals put their money where their hearts are: They’re hosting a fundraising event to support those affected by the September 11 tragedy on December 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30...

Dallas-based International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM) has partnered with George Washington University (GWU), based in Washington, D.C., to offer the association’s first certificate in Event Management...

Dallas-based International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM) has partnered with George Washington University (GWU), based in Washington, D.C., to offer the association’s first certificate in Event Management...

Trial Lawyers Care, Inc., was officially launced October 15 by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and state trial lawyers associations during a press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. The nonprofit corporation will provide...