There's no question that 2007 is the year of the green meeting. (See stories beginning on page 20.) To lead the charge, the Green Meeting Industry Council has released The Future Is Green: Charting a Sustainable Future for Meetings, a report that...
Trade Show Organizers have a problem, said Mickey McManus, president and CEO of MAYA Design, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the 172 people who gathered at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center this spring for the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum...
Finally, an alternative for all those nongolfers who are sick of spas and the usual leisure activities — Qolf. What is qolf? It's best described as a cross between golf and croquet. The game, invented in South Africa, was brought to the U.S. in...
Get a new perspective on Boston and Cambridge from the new 16th-floor Charles View Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (Mass.). The 2,900-square-foot function space features floor-to-ceiling windows and a panoramic view of the Charles River...
Environmental meeting planning company Meeting Strategies Worldwide has launched a Web-based tool, the MeetGreen Calculator, that measures more than 95 aspects of a meeting, from site selection to food and beverage, to assess an event's...
Amy Spatrisano of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, Portland, Ore., negotiates environmental requirements for each General Assembly partner prior to contracting with them. Here is part of what she developed for the Unitarian Universalist Association's...
