You know you're a SMERF planner when: * Your social organization's attendees request rocking chairs so they can soothe the grandkids while debating land economics issues...
Remember not so long ago--a year or two--when people were talking about how the Internet could make person-to-person meetings obsolete? That fear, as we all know, turned out to be ungrounded. Meeting and trade show attendance is stronger than ever...
There's nothing flamboyant about Eric Tumperi, president of Third Millennium Communications (3MC). A 13-year veteran of IBM, where he was a global brand manager for PC Server Services and Support, Tumperi conveys the quiet conservatism of Big Blue...
Readers of Association Meetings magazine have chosen 30 hotel winners in our sixth annual Inner Circle Awards. These properties are selected for their high level of service, flexible function space, quality of food and beverage, and good value on...
Sure, technology is reinventing how associations interact with their members and exhibitors. But what has it done for you lately? Take a moment from the hectic pace of association meeting and trade show management to consider whether you've got...
* convention centers Revised Plan for World Expo Center With 2.4 million square feet of exhibition space, the World Expo Center in Osceola County, central Florida, was supposed to be the nation's biggest convention center. At least that was the...
Sushi and Shiatsu, Please Here's a wonderful dining experience: Lead host Kikoso Tanaka at the San Francisco Marriott's sushi bar gives select guests complimentary neck and shoulder shiatsu massages as they near the end of their meal. A great way...
All things being equal, women in the work place are not. This is not an opinion, this is fact--fact based on exhaustive studies spearheaded by the Department of Labor and several other government agencies on an annual basis for many years...
Riding the wave of national prosperity, association meetings and trade shows continue a four-year growth pattern, according to the results of Association Meetings' annual trend report. Attendance at 1998 meetings and trade shows increased for 60...
