Bigger Meetings and More of Them That's the bottom line of the 1998 Association Meetings Trends study recently published by the American Society of Association Executives. The study is updated every three years. The 1998 respondents reported a...

Reno is much more than a Vegas wannabe, and it's getting smarter about promoting its outdoorsy add-ons. Just a 20-minute drive out of the neon-decorated downtown, the road snakes into the Sierras, and in less than an hour, you can be on the shores...

"Always have a lower-tech, Plan B alternative for your audiovisual needs." ...

Innovation is alive and well on the Web, with new sites that make organizing meetings more efficient and less costly appearing nearly every day. Consider some typical meeting planning tasks: Find meeting space, mail requests for proposals (RFPs)...

Banks Add Overseas Credit Card Charges Planning a meeting outside the U.S. means you need to give attendees a lot more guidance. One piece of advice has been to use a credit card for overseas purchases in order to get the best exchange rate. That...

MIM's the Word During a site inspection, the CVB sales rep not only treats you to a lovely dinner, but she also presents you with two Waterford goblets. T-shirts and mugs are one thing, but is it ethical to accept such a pricey gift when you haven...

Selecting the right course depends on everything from location to level of difficulty. Use the following guidelines to help match the links to the players...

NMA Boycotts Washington State The National Medical Association has pulled its 2001 annual convention out of Seattle to protest an antiaffirmative-action initiative approved by Washington State voters in November. The boycott deprives Seattle of an...

Patricia Frisby has been named manager of special interest groups/education, at Meeting Professionals International, based in Dallas. Prior to working for MPI, Frisby was an independent contractor for exhibit sales, exposition management, and...

Billing itself as the first environmentally smart hotel in the continental U.S., the 193-room Sheraton Rittenhouse Square Hotel opened recently in Philadelphia. The hotel's atrium lobby contains a 40-foot-high forest of live bamboo trees, chosen...