For the 2011 edition of Convening Leaders, the Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting to be held January 9–12 in Las Vegas, officials are offering an incentive to stay in the room block. Attendees who book outside the...
The developers in this guide create mobile applications and mobile-optimized Web sites for events and conferences. If they’re new to you, you’re not alone. Most of their mobile meeting products have been around for less than a year and a half...
Every year meeting planners have an opportunity to participate in a set of unique learning experiences at the Religious Conference Management Association World Conference and Expo. Next month’s conference in Tampa, Fla., January 25–28, gives...
TS2, the trade show for exhibit and event professionals, has been canceled for 2011 as the show’s owner, National Trade Productions Inc., retools the event for 2012...
The recession of the past two years will affect new hotel construction for the next three years, and the projected slowdown in supply is good news for the hotel industry...
Hard for me to believe, but it was 29 years ago that I started writing about meetings and conventions as an editor with Successful Meetings. Indeed, it was while covering an industry meeting (National Association of Exposition Managers, now the I...
Tim Roby has resigned as president and chief executive officer at the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, effective December 22. Roby, who had been in the position since April 2006, is leaving to join Starwood Hotels and Resorts as senior vice...
