For associations, the financial meltdown of 2008–2009 presented meeting planners with the significant challenge of fulfilling their contracted room block commitments. This was due to the unfortunate combination of decline in show attendance and a...
Meeting Professionals International’s new partnership with the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International will provide improved education for members.
Charles Sadler, the executive director and chief executive officer of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals, resigned on June 22, becoming the second meetings and events industry association leader to step down in recent weeks...
By Andy McNeill
Along with the long hours spent on site at your meetings, the countless airport hassles you endure, and the weekends you sacrifice, there are a few perks that come with being a professional in the meetings and events industry...
Summer is prime time for religious conventions, and already quite a few faith-based groups have been in the national spotlight as they debate and pass resolutions at their major conferences on some controversial social and political issues. Here’s...
