Can fluctuating foreign exchange rates affect international meeting budgets? Should I pay foreign suppliers in local currency or U.S. dollars? Are forward contracts a good tool for guaranteeing future exchange rates? Where can I get information...
The Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM) program, Meeting Professionals International's university-certified qualification, has recently been awarded funding from the European Union. The news, announced at the opening session of MPI's sixth...
The Rosemont (Ill.) Convention Center and the Riggers and Decorators unions have signed an agreement designed to cut exhibitors' costs by about 10 percent. The unions agreed to reduce the hours during which workers are paid overtime, and will now...
Bristol Hotels & Resorts will rebrand 25 hotels to Crowne Plaza, the upscale brand of Holiday Hospitality, by 1999. Three Dallas properties (Crowne Plaza Suites Dallas, Crowne Plaza Dallas Market Center, and Crowne Plaza North Dallas/Addison)...
Act One: Seeing the Light Once upon a time in 1995, there was a Christmas party in the Boston suburb of Cohasset. A man named Bob Motley approached a man named Brian Layton, a neighbor and acquaintance, with an idea for an Internet reservation...
The Ghost of Christmas Past Christmas season in New York City had always been a great time to book a meeting--a time that garnered the association great hotel rates, says Shelley E. Griffin, CMP, conference manager with the Archaeological...
What's the Difference? Listen to what Jim Whitman has to say on the subject of resort negotiations. Whitman is senior vice president, associate member programs, for the National Association of Chain Drugstores in Alexandria, Va....
