Hawaii for Meetings and Incentives Hawaii is already a popular site for association meetings, but the lack of a convention center has kept it off many planners' lists when organizing large gatherings. All that is due to change, however, with the...
Marriott's CasaMagna Cancun completed a $2.5 million renovation in mid-December, upgrading all 450 guest rooms and 38 suites, renovating the Mikado Restaurant, and moving the children's activity center into a larger space...
In January, The Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio Cliffs in Phoenix plans to open a three-and-a-half-acre "water experience" that should take the edge off the Arizona heat. The $7.5 million project adds a 40-foot waterfall, two free-form pools, a...
Conference sessions are sometimes, well, boring. But no one fell asleep during seminars about third-party vendors and housing fees at the January annual meeting of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). Here's a sample of some...
The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) broke another attendance record at its annual meeting, drawing a total of 2,371 paid registrants to San Antonio, TX in January, including a record 721 active members and 1,427 affiliate...
As he walks down a hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center in December, Rick Dobson is once again buttonholed by an attendee at the annual meeting of the International Association for exposition Management. Dobson hears him out, offers a few...
Our future depends on our ability to be adept at both management and technology," announced American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) President R. William Taylor, CAE, at the general session of ASAE's first combined management and...
All 30 of you! Congratulations on receiving honors in the fifth annual Inner Circle Awards program. This tribute is paid by our readers, who voted these top hotels and resorts as the best properties to have serviced their meetings and conventions...
Accessibility and a good selection of facilities have always been key reasons why associations prefer downtown locations for their meetings. For example, an airport with easy transcontinental connections is a key reason that the Philadelphia-based...
