Design Center Linz is distinguished on the outside by a sleek, curving roof of steel and glass. On the inside, this ultra-modern convention center in Linz, Austria, offers a versatile, high-tech space. Equipped with ISDN telephone lines and fiber...
The newly formed Alliance for Meeting Management Consultants (AMMC) wasn't planning to solicit membership until this summer, but the interest has been so great, membership information is being sent out right away, reports Toni Sylvester, CMP, AMMC...
As part of a new corporate partnership with Shaw Communications, the Edmonton Convention Centre has been renamed the Shaw Conference Centre. The renaming is part of a $7.7 million package, including a one-time contribution of C$500,000 ($358,000)...
"Embracing Change," the theme of the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus' (IACVB) upcoming annual convention scheduled for July 19 to 23, is particularly appropriate, say organizers, as the conference will be the first...
Thomas Arasi has been appointed president of Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts. Arasi, who will be based in the company's Atlanta headquarters, previously served as president of the Tishman Hotel Corporation in New York...
Opening of the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in western Maryland is less than a year away. The property, set on 260 acres within Rocky Gap State Park near Cumberland, will have 220 guest rooms and 14,000 square feet of meeting space in...
Construction is under way on 250 new oceanfront hotel rooms and 23,000 square feet of additional conference space at Amelia Island Plantation in northeast Florida. The resort will have a total of 360 ocean-front hotel rooms when the addition opens...
Like a lot of technology-based tools, meeting management software is sometimes hyped as a solution to meeting management problems. It can make meeting planning much more efficient, but it can also make life miserable if it isn't efficient in the...
MEETING executives hire speakers to educate or to entertain; the best speakers do both. It has become common practice for organizations that retain speakers, be they professional or volunteer, to enter into agreements with them outlining the terms...
Conferon Offers Reservations on the Web Now, Conferon clients can offer their attendees an extra perk--the option to register for meetings via the Web. Since December, Conferon, an association and meeting management firm based in Twinsburg, OH...
