The first study to measure the overall economic impact of college and university conferences and events shows that the industry contributes $1.5 billion annually to the national economy...
Salty Alaskas For the awards banquet at the tenth anniversary annual meeting, R. Russ Ruston, meeting and convention coordinator, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Arlington Heights, Ill., wanted to do something special. He...
The largest-ever European Incentive & Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition took place in Geneva, Switzerland May 12 to 14, with 2,400 exhibitors and 7,500 attendees from 108 countries...
"On the plane, I ordered a vodka tonic. The guy next to me said, 'Gosh, that's a man's drink,'" recalls Mickey Schaefer, CAE, vice president, membership, meetings and conventions, and administration, for the American Academy of Family Physicians...
At a diversity dialogue convened by the Greater Washington (D.C.) Society of Association Executives, one participant said he didn't usually attend association meetings because "he didn't see anyone who looked like he did," recalls Susan Sarfati...
Brian Cartier, CAE, has been appointed chief staff officer of the National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. A 25-year association management veteran, Cartier most recently served as executive director with the National Court...
Consider this: In 1997, the Internet delivered more messages than did the U.S. Postal Service--and that load is expected to skyrocket to more than 7 trillion messages annually by the year 2000...
Hotel attrition clauses are the fifth greatest concern in our survey this year. One company that has a very clear policy regarding attrition clauses is Conferon, the Twinsburg, Ohio-based independent meeting planning company. Dave Lutz, CMP...
Meeting professionals be forewarned: This is not child's play. Organizing a program for children attending a resort meeting with their parents is hard work--even when the host resort offers its own program or you are hiring a firm to do so...
Meet in an ultra-modern conference room with a view of Big Ben, host a reception in a Parisian palace, gather the Continent's top guns in technology in Frankfurt or its economic experts in Brussels. A meeting in Europe can position your...
