Details of the two new events being launched this year by the International Association for Exposition Management were released at the association's midyear meeting, June 9 to 12 in Reno, Nev. The educational meeting drew 632 registrants, 42...
Jim Trombino was sure the hotel salesperson was making a mistake. Trombino, director of conferences and professional development for the Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, N.J., needed a facility for a board of directors meeting--"a...
When the announcement is made that a trade show or conference program is going overseas and it's your baby, the first question is usually, "Why me?" The second question should be, "Where in the world do I get started?" ...
"To be involved with ASAE at this stage is a phenomenal opportunity," said Michael S. Olson, CAE, during a press conference where it was announced that he was the new president and CEO of the American Society of Association Executives in...
Based on various industry surveys, women in the exposition management field make 25 to 42 percent less than their male counterparts, says Maria Brennan, president of the one-and-a-half-year-old Bethesda, Md.-based Association of Female Exhibit...
Association Meetings interviewed Elaine Curl, president of The Convention Store, to uncover ways to cut ground transportation costs. Curl, whose company designs and runs shuttle systems throughout the United States for conventions and special...
The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association has promoted Jamie Rice to senior sales manager. She had been national sales manager with BACVA. Casandra Brown has also been named senior sales manager. Brown joins from the Wyndham Anatole...
As the pressure builds on convention and exposition departments to increase revenues, one approach worth noting is that of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Warrendale, Penn...
"Eternal vigilance may well be the price of liberty, as the old saying goes, but it also is the price meeting planners pay if they want to come in on--or even under--budget." So says Rodney Abraham, president of the Professional Meeting Planning...
