Attending to details has always been crucial to the success of an overseas event, but September's terrorist attacks have magnified the importance of those details. Every aspect of a program, from shipping materials to transporting and housing...
“Right now, all you can do is read the developing issues and trust your guts. There are no guidelines to point the way,” says Steven Hacker, president of the Dallas-based International Association of Exhibition Managers...
When the plane hit the Pentagon, Cheryl Thompson was a mile and a half away in the middle of a meeting in her Virginia office. But she was thousands of miles from her home and family in St. Louis, Mo. Thompson is on a nine-month assignment to the...
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Arvella Murff is a woman with a mission. As the special events/conference director of Aglow International in Edmonds, Wash., she helps to achieve the mission of her organization, which is, in part, to “lead women to Jesus Christ and provide...
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 to ensure that, regardless of their capabilities, everyone — including meeting attendees — should be treated fairly and equally. What under the ADA is specifically required of planners? And...
It's no secret that the hospitality industry continues to flounder as we head into 2002. PricewaterhouseCoopers' (www.pwcglobal.com) forecast as of the end of November points out the significant losses hotels will be looking to recoup in 2002: 15...
