Religious meeting managers in the Lone Star State will have the opportunity to connect with each other and suppliers at the Religious Conference Management Association’s next regional Aspire event, scheduled for May 6–7 in Arlington, Texas.
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Hotels are well aware of the rise of Airbnb, the Web site for people renting out rooms and homes and the people looking to book those accommodations. (With the possible exception of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., that is, whose vice president of lea...
Passkey, a hotel booking technology for meetings and events, has rolled out a free housing portal for event organizers that includes a new set of accommodation management tools. PasskeyANYWHERE is a Web-based portal that offers a dedicated housin...
To find out how to help attendees get the most from meetings, we contacted health and stress expert Heidi Hanna, PhD, a speaker, author, and the CEO of Synergy, a consultancy that creates specialized health and performance solutions for organizat...
Last year we published a comprehensive guide to high-speed Internet access at meetings. Then we blinked.
We wrote about attendees with two devices downloading video. Now they’re probably carrying three, all running high-bandwidth apps. “It’s an ...
Representatives from this year's Pitch-Slam winner, SoapBox SoapsIf your trade show is a mecca for budding entrepreneurs looking to make connections that will help launch their businesses, check out this idea from New Hope Natural Media, the orga...
Meeting Professionals International has announced it is backing away from some controversial changes in its Certificate in Meeting Management program.
In December, MPI relaunched the certificate program in partnership with the Global Business Tr...
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation posptoned its 2013 GEOINT Symposium from October 2013 to April 14-17 due to the government shutdown.
Fitness bands, the wearable monitors that capture movement, heart rate, sleep data, and more, were among the fastest growing product categories at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. And they are catching on at meetings, too, along with other...
