Bridge may seem like a simple card game to the uninitiated, but once you're hooked, you may find yourself doing some extreme things. For Bill Gates, it was flying in bridge partners to surprise his friend, investment guru Warren Buffet, with a 24...
Citing a declining attendance and exhibitor presence, the American Hotel & Lodging Association recently decided to can a 90-year-old tradition — the AH&LA's annual spring conference. The federation of state lodging associations, which...
The groundbreaking of the Colorado Convention Center Expansion set a Guinness World Record when 1,260 people participated in the dig to begin construction on the $268 million expansion of the Colorado Convention Center, due to open in December...
On April 3, members of Washington, D.C.'s First Year Club were treated to a sneak preview of “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years,” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Sponsored by the Washington Convention Center Authority and the Washington, D...
San Diego has long since shed its reputation as that sleepy Navy town just north of Tijuana, but meeting and incentive organizers who haven't visited recently might be surprised at just how far it has come. The city now has so many top-quality...
There are many reasons to transfer management responsibilities to an association management company. Perhaps your current independent staff plans to retire, or a long-thought-out strategic plan requires a new management approach. Whatever the...
Willie Jolley presented the keynote speech at the Religious Conference Management Association's 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition, held in January in Tampa, Fla...
If your attendee-control system starts and ends with the bored security personnel at the exhibit hall entrance, beware: Meeting security expectations are higher post — 9/11. Some simple and inexpensive tools to help control access to your events...
A surprising result came out of the recent 13th Edition of the Association Executive Compensation and Benefits Study, conducted by American Society of Association Executives, Washington, D.C.: Trade show/exposition managers are among the few...
