The Southwest
May 01, 2009
News from Scottsdale to Vegas to New Mexico
The Midwest
May 01, 2009
A buyer's market and plenty of new construction in the Midwest means better value for groups.
Making Off-Site Leadership Retreats Effective
May 01, 2009
Strategic meetings don't have to be lavish to work.
Swine Flu Puts Meeting Planners on Alert
Apr 28, 2009
As if the meetings and travel industries haven’t faced enough challenges over the last year, now there’s another–an increasingly serious swine flu outbreak...
Meeting Planners Must Evolve into Leaders
Apr 28, 2009
Not too long ago, the role of the meeting professional generally was more tactical than strategic. Planners focused mainly on logistics, didn’t have much influence on the larger picture, and usually came into the process after most of the...
Financial Industry Planner Speaks Out on Cancellations
Financial Industry Planner Speaks Out on Cancellations
Apr 27, 2009
Meetings have taken a beating at the hands of U.S. reporters and legislators, and it’s rocking the planners’ world. Here we present a view from the inside. It’s anonymous, because there’s another edict reverberating throughout the financial servi...
U.S. Travel Launches National “Rally Day” to Raise Industry Awareness
Apr 27, 2009
On May 12, the U.S. Travel Association will stage the first-ever U.S. Travel Rally Day to promote travel and meetings in communities across the country. Convention and visitors bureaus, local governments, and business leaders are invited to take...
MPI Offers New Free Online Education
Apr 21, 2009
Meeting Professionals International kicks off two free online educational programs this month to help meeting professionals through the challenges of the economic recession...
U.S. Travel’s Freeman Hopeful About Treasury Guidelines
U.S. Travel’s Freeman Hopeful About Treasury Guidelines
Apr 20, 2009
If you’re hearing and reading less about the negative perception of meetings and incentive travel, it’s no accident. The four lobbying firms working for the U.S. Travel Association and its Meetings Mean Business campaign have orchestrated separat...
Floating Hotel Rooms Used for Summit of the Americas
Apr 20, 2009
What do you do when you’re planning a high-profile meeting in a destination that doesn’t have enough hotel rooms? The organizers of the Summit of the Americas, which took place April 17-19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, brought in floating...
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