The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is investigating member firms to ensure they are using appropriate sales practices in their dealings with seniors and individuals nearing retirement...
Certified Meeting Professionals, while mostly satisfied with the value they get from achieving this professional designation, are looking for improvements to the program, according to a new survey of current and past CMPs commissioned by the...
Passkey International Inc., Quincy, Mass., which offers an Internet-based technology that allows hotels and planners to manage group hotel reservations, has come out with a new product called EventExpress that offers most of the functionality of...
San Francisco International Airport in mid-September opened Registered Traveler lanes designed to speed enrolled travelers through airport security. Verified Identity Pass’s Clear program opened the express security lanes September 18 at both of...
Meeting Professionals International is making changes to its Professional Education Conference-Europe for 2008—including a new name. The London event, rechristened The European Meetings and Events Conference, marks the first time MPI has brought...
The benchmarks are in, and the numbers are huge: U.S. companies spent $46 billion on travel and merchandise incentives in 2006, according to a study sponsored by the Incentive Federation, an umbrella organization that conducts lobbying and...
Approximately 20 avatars gathered in Second Life on September 20, on the lawn of the MeCo Mansion for the Meetings Community listserv’s first Chat Lesson in the virtual online world. Participants sat in bleachers facing a large stage, complete wi...
More than 70 U.S. companies and organizations--including meetings industry associations, convention and visitors bureaus, and hotels--signed a petition urging Congress to pass the Travel Promotion Act of 2007...
A yearlong study by a coalition of convention center managers and convention and visitors bureau executives culminated in the release of a 14-page report on how the two entities can work together most effectively to serve the meetings and...
