On the 20th of this month, bigwigs of the convention industry will gather in Boston at the Convention Industry Council's biennial Hall of Leaders gala to honor six inductees, all of whom have significantly contributed to the meetings industry...
The RCMA Board of Directors has developed plans for its 35th World Conference and Exposition, to be held in Louisville, Ky., January 30 — February 2, 2007. The theme selected is “Reaching Beyond.” ...
Suddenly, it seems, everybody wants to be in the hotel business, and everyone in the hotel business wants to grab every available customer. Mergers are commonplace, brands are being traded back and forth, and new lodging chains are popping up all...
Planners of social, military, education, religious, and fraternal meetings all invariably have one thing in common: They need to get a lot of bang for the buck when it comes to meeting expenditures. That's why developing a good request for...
To streamline small-meetings purchasing, OnVantage has released a new product called EasyBook, aimed at tracking small-meeting spend and simplifying the planning process...
Dallas-based Meeting Professional International's 2006 World Education Conference, held in Dallas in July, drew a record attendance of more than 3,600, according to MPI officials, who said that 40 percent of registrants were planners...
Participants in the Meet the Greens Invitational Golf Classic and Marketplace, June 9 to 12, got their first big surprise before even reaching the Sol Meliá Paradisus Puerto Rico: a seamless transfer along Route 66, a highway opened in March that...
To help meet the needs of starving children around-the-world, the Religious Conference Management Association, for the second year in a row, has donated $100,000 to fight hunger...
