More than 15,000 participants from around the world converged in Copenhagen for two weeks in December during the United Nation’s 15th Climate Change Conference (COP15). The conference was a golden opportunity to showcase an impressive array of...
Officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs Chicago’s McCormick Place, are spearheading an effort to introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to reform labor rules and contractor practices at the convention...
The city of Milwaukee lost one of its best ambassadors, and VISIT Milwaukee one of its finest representatives, when longtime associate Charles S. "Chuck" Davis died unexpectedly January 9 at the age of 72.
Davis's 22-year career with VISIT Milw...
What will the association of the future look like? The American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership is attempting to find out with its latest creation: a virtual association of young professionals...
Meeting Professionals International brings its MeetDifferent conference to Cancun, Mexico, February 20–23, and as its title promises, organizers are trying out an array of educational formats in order to expose attendees to new ideas and enrich...
As the economic crash unfolded last year, industry associations and various think tanks unleashed a torrent of statistics to track the downturn’s impact on meetings and events...
A troubled economy, H1N1, strategic meetings management—even murder: Here's a last look at our top stories of 2009, as determined by the number of page views each of them logged on our MeetingNet Web site:
1. The CMI 25. Our 2009 list of the in...
SmithBucklin has announced the reorganization of its meeting and event planning operation, consolidating units in Chicago and Washington, D.C., under Brad Weaber, who has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president, event...
