The crystal balls were rolling at the Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International-New York University Industry Strategy Conference in New York City in late September, with a panel of hotel experts offering a situation analysis as well as...
“Show organizers call us pirates and bandits. That's OK,” says Bruce Peterson, president of Las Vegas-based Events Plus Travel. His destination management company has come under fire recently for allegedly “poaching” attendees and exhibitors from...
Opening in 2005, the Puerto Rico Convention Center, which will be surrounded by waterfront development and an entertainment complex, will be a new high-tech destination for meetings and conventions. Puerto Rico and the 580,000-square-foot Center...
If associations make the value of staying inside the block as great as the savings found elsewhere, the vast majority of attendees and exhibitors will stay inside the group block. Here are two recent examples: Chicago's Healthcare Information...
The big event at this year's National Plastics Exposition wasn't the rollout of a new product line or the announcement of a major merger or acquisition. The news was what one company decided not to bring to the show, held in June at Chicago's...
In our August issue, The Wyndham Old San Juan Hotel and Casino should have been listed on page 57 as a sponsor of the Meet the Greens Puerto Rico Invitational Golf Classic and Marketplace. We regret the error.
Two powerhouses in the online meeting registration and attendee relationship management field have joined forces: StarCite Inc., Philadelphia, acquired privately held competitor b-there Corp., Westport, Conn...
