One of the lasting lessons of the recent economic crash is that no meeting should expect to survive if it can’t demonstrate its value. The multimillion-dollar question is whether we know how to track and report that value in a way that makes sense...

Cisco Systems, the San Jose, Calif.–based technology giant, has announced plans to market its suite of collaborative communications tools to the events industry...

Federal authorities have brought charges against four individuals in the slaying of meeting planner Ben Novack—including his wife. Novack, the owner of Convention Concepts Unlimited, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was found dead in his hotel room in Rye...

Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide’s luxury brand, is at work on a 463-room property in Manhattan’s financial district for an opening planned for late 2011. The first Conrad hotel in New York City is under development at the current...

Repeat group business and more robust bookings for 2010 and 2011 were bright spots reported at the 12th Annual Krisam Group Insurance Advisory Board, held at the Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast, Calif., May 13–16...

Registration open July 12.

By Regina Baraban, Editor at Large

Companies’ spending on meetings and events can be hard to track and varies by industry, says a new study from travel-management giant Carlson Wagonlit Travel. But before you stop reading thinking you’ve heard it all before, the study also finds...