Approximately 20 avatars gathered in Second Life on September 20, on the lawn of the MeCo Mansion for the Meetings Community listserv’s first Chat Lesson in the virtual online world. Participants sat in bleachers facing a large stage, complete wi...
More than 70 U.S. companies and organizations--including meetings industry associations, convention and visitors bureaus, and hotels--signed a petition urging Congress to pass the Travel Promotion Act of 2007...
A yearlong study by a coalition of convention center managers and convention and visitors bureau executives culminated in the release of a 14-page report on how the two entities can work together most effectively to serve the meetings and...
It's been a relatively quiet hurricane season for the U.S., but busier in the Caribbean and Mexico. Still, though prepared for the worst as storms approached, the resorts in those areas got off very easy...
Some 10,000 culinary workers and bartenders in Las Vegas voted last week to authorize a strike, if necessary, in their effort to resolve their contract dispute with 14 Las Vegas casino resorts...
Meeting Professionals International launched its new Global Marketplace September 11, with the intention of opening up the supplier directory to nonmembers for a nominal annual fee. Within 24 hours, that plan had been changed, after an outcry from...
Differences among the generations were front of mind at the Krisam Group Executive Summit, held September 6 to 9 at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach in Cancun. During a session moderated by Cindy Novotny of Master Connection Associates, the...
