Update on Housing Software Companies Following an announcement in October of its "intent" to enter into a partnership with the convention housing software company Passkey Systems, Inc., the International Association of Convention and Visitor...

E-commerce: An Exhibitor Drain? Think you can get complacent with the trade show industry enjoying record growth? No way. Traditional sales, marketing, and service methods are rapidly morphing due to the Internet. Just one example: In the next...

Outside money is gobbling up our industry. Attracted by the high profit margins and strong growth of the trade show industry, the "Wall Streets" of New York, London, Amsterdam, and Tokyo are providing capital to publishing companies and venture...

Lining Up at the Borders The third-annual Beyond Borders Conference will be held April 5 and 6 at the New York Hilton. The event is organized by Adams Business Media, publisher of this magazine and Beyond Borders, a how-to supplement to this...

Most meeting professionals know how much their meetings cost. But do you know how much your meeting contracts cost? Do you how many hidden expenses are buried in "standard clauses" waiting to break the budget? While identifying those hidden costs...

By 2002, all transactions in the European Community will be conducted in euros. What does that mean for you...

Bob Brown has been promoted to vice president of expositions and conventions at the International Communications Industries Association, Inc. He is responsible for domestic trade events, including ICIA's INFOCOMM International...

Notes from the Road * Kudos to the Convention Liaison Council for putting on one of its best Hall of Leaders Galas during the Professional Convention Management Association's annual meeting, held in January in Orlando at Disney World's...

All 30 of you! Congratulations on receiving honors in the seventh annual Inner Circle Awards program. This tribute is paid by our readers, who voted these top hotels and resorts as the best properties to have serviced their meetings and...

In 1991, Darryl Hartley-Leonard, then president of Hyatt Hotels, warned hoteliers to "survive til '95" in a keynote speech at the American Hotel and Motel Association annual meeting. He accurately predicted that the overbuilt hotel market, coupled...