Sure, you can always use the convention center or a hotel ballroom for a special event or function, but you certainly don't have to. Although they might not be well known outside of their own cities, second-tier cities have a wealth of unusual and...
*"PCMA is trying to be the broker, to bring all the parties together," said Professional Convention Management Association CEO William J. Myers, CAE, CMP, at METCON '98 in Atlanta in April. Toward that end, PCMA has announced an alliance with CEO...
Every association I know of wants to do this," said Bonnie S. Wold, branch manager for Excel On-Line, a virtual trade show and meeting Web site design firm based in Springfield, Ill. "Travel money is going away and staff reductions make it harder...
Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but it can also be illegal. Your meeting is your property and should be protected--everything from its name and the design of its logo to session handouts and tapes of the proceedings. In this column...
When R. William Taylor, CAE, retires as president of the American Society of Association Executives in August, he won't be hitting the links. Instead, he will go right back to work, at his own company, Bill Taylor, Association Consulting...
Are associations taking unfair advantage of their tax-exempt status when they acquire and manage shows other than their own? And are those activities inconsistent with their not-for-profit status? Those are the questions raised in a letter the...
With more than two million existing sites and thousands of new ones added daily, the World Wide Web can be a very confusing place. It's almost like trying to find a library book without the help of the Dewey Decimal System. Fortunately, there is...
The second annual Beyond Borders Conference, sponsored by Adams Business Media/Meetings Group, publisher of Association Meetings, and by Production Group International (PGI), attracted 130 people to the New York Hilton in late March, double the...
LaRue Frye, a well-known association industry figure for almost three decades, has moved on to new endeavors. The mayor of Martinsburg, Va., has named Frye chair of a committee that will examine the feasibility of funding the development of the...
Bellagio--The Resort, a 3,000-room property overlooking a nine-acre lake is set to become Las Vegas' next grand project, opening in October. Named for a village on Italy's Lake Como, the terra-cotta-roofed, Italian-designed resort will offer 125...
