eTouches, an event technology company in Ridgefield, Conn., is making it simple for customers of its Web-based meeting planning tools to launch mobile apps for their meetings and events...
The chief executives of five exhibition industry organizations have formed an alliance through which they will meet regularly to explore opportunities to cooperate on matters of mutual interest. It’s the latest example of the spirit of cooperation...
The meetings, travel, and tourism community paid tribute to Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, last Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., by bestowing upon him the Spirit of Hospitality Award...
With the release of the Convention Industry Council’s economic significance study, U.S. meeting professionals can confidently claim to be part of an industry that contributes more to the national economy than auto manufacturing...
Two years ago, meetings were under attack. While industry leaders were eager to defend face-to-face events, they had few hard facts with which to convince business executives and government officials of the bottom-line value of meetings. That won...
The meetings and incentives business is looking up down under, as the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo, which opened February 15 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia, reported an impressive 32...
International visitors to the U.S. increased about 10 percent last year compared to 2009, but for the 30 members of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which serves as an advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce, changes in U.S. visa...
The EventCamp conferences have covered a lot of ground since the group’s first meeting in New York in February 2010. But great success breeds greater expectations. After last weekend’s second EventCamp National Conference in Chicago, industry...
Signs of economic improvement in the meetings and conventions industry continue to emerge, with the latest being year-end data on the health of the exhibitions industry. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research, which measures year-over-year...
