If you are like most meeting planners I know, you want to be recognized for your strategic contributions to your company. I urge you to understand more about the industry you work in. It's easy to get so inundated with your ever-increasing daily ...
When the Million Dollar Round Table holds its annual meeting in Vancouver June 13–17, the MDRT Foundation will host its largest-ever volunteer event—the Million Meal Challenge—in which MDRT members hope to package one million meals for families in...
The U.S. government's plans for health-insurance reform combined with public outcry over spiraling insurance costs and general economic worries has put health-insurance companies in a perilous position when it comes to spending on meetings.
Formed 13 years ago as a joint venture between Maritz Inc. and American Express, American Express Incentive Services is now entirely owned by Maritz Holdings Inc. AEIS offers products including prepaid cards, American Express Gift Cheques, and...
Close to 1,100 people were learning and networking at Meeting Professionals International’s MeetDifferent conference in Cancun, according to Bruce MacMillan, MPI’s CEO, at a press conference on February 22. While acknowledging that number was just...
More than 1,500 pre-scheduled appointments between 110 meeting managers and 90 suppliers took place February 20–23 at Meeting Professionals International’s MeetDifferent 2010 conference in Cancun, Mexico. This marks MPI’s first foray into a hosted...
International meeting and incentive destinations suffered through major declines in group business in 2009, and the outlook is not much better for 2010, according to two recent reports...
My head is still spinning with ideas, enthusiasm, and wall-to-wall content from last week’s 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference in Denver, hosted by the Green Meeting Industry Council...
