Technology, Attrition, and Commissions Key Issues at PCMA Meeting The future is not about either/or. It's about and/both. It's about abundance, not scarcity," espoused technology guru Daniel Burrus at the opening session of the 43d annual meeting...
Teaming up with the Orange County/Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau, Starwood Hotels and Resorts donated $20,000 to purchase a ventilator for the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women and Children in Orlando during the annual meeting in January of...
Associations are creating Web sites in record numbers--and planners are using them for internal communications, event bookings, and promotional marketing of meeting programs. But the quality of these Web sites varies tremendously...
Sitting at a lively seminar on post-convention reports at the recent PCMA meeting in Orlando, I was pleased to find the presenter quoting long passages from our December cover story on the "standardization" effort within the industry. But I was...
Built in the 1920s, The Don CeSar Beach Resort & Spa in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., has a lot going for it--a fabulous seaside location; a friendly, helpful staff; and a magnificent, historic property that looks like a pink sand castle...
Some say site selection companies save time and money--others say they add hidden costs to hotel room rates...