The leaders, ironically enough, of Convening Leaders 2014, the Professional Convention Management Association’s Annual Conference, with a more than 3,700 people (a record!) gathering at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston this...
Oh that Internet! It's been disrupting everything from journalism to bookstores to travel agents, so it shouldn't be surprising that new person-to-person housing agencies like Airbnb and even smaller sites like Flipkey (and about 99 more similar ...
It was a discussion among association chapter leaders on how to increase membership. The usual campaign strategies were mentioned. But for all the tactics, I had a larger question: What is our value proposition—is it strong enough?
Even if it we...
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority wants to change the economic model for conventions centers: It’s working to produce or co-produce its own events and develop other new revenue streams for Boston’s two major convention facilities.
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Nearly 100 planners and suppliers gathered at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs on November 12 and 13 for RCMA’s second regional conference of 2013. Religious meeting planners from nine states and suppliers from across the U.S. met...
