It will be the first opportunity for many industry professionals to see New Orleans post-Katrina as 2,500 are expected to attend Meeting Professionals International’s 2007 Professional Education Conference-North America, January 20 to 23 at the...
Last week we reported that the International Association for Exhibition Management had about doubled its membership in 2006, to more than 6,000 members. While attendance at last week’s Expo! Expo! annual meeting, held at the San Diego convention...
What do Swahili, chicken soup cans, and meeting planners have in common? They are all connected to the grand opening of Kalahari Resorts' NIA Center, a hotel and conference center in Sandusky, Ohio. The Africa-themed property, which includes 95...
The Professional Convention Management Association is adding new initiatives and expanding its programs for its annual meeting in Toronto, January 7 to 10 — the association's first outside the U.S. New on the agenda, the Masters Series will...
Calculating return on investment and striking strategic partnerships are just two new topics covered in the fifth edition of Professional Meeting Management, the Professional Convention Management Association's manual for meeting professionals...
Two allies that have historically provided a united front to the association meeting planner — a city's convention and visitors bureau and its convention center — are lately finding themselves more often with conflicting priorities and goals. So...
