A company set up to reward households for recycling might hold the key to one of the meetings industry’s most serious environmental challenges. Meetings and events generate the second-highest volume of waste of any industry. Only construction...
The firing of 98 housekeepers at three Boston-area Hyatt hotels has created a storm of protest. Hotel workers, supporters, and politicians have rallied outside Hyatt properties in Boston and Chicago, at least one group canceled its meeting, and...
Meeting management software provider StarCite has decided to stop charging hotels and conference centers the per-room-night fees it had been receiving from them for group bookings generated via StarCite’s supplier database and RFP engine...
When future historians look back on the early days of social media—the days we’re living through right now—they might find that some of the earliest “killer apps” for interactive technologies depended on the power of face-to-face meetings...
Working with the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events has published a guide to help event organizers—particularly not-for-profit associations—handle today’s H1N1 flu...
BCD Meetings & Incentives has made two strategic moves to strengthen its market position. The company announced the acquisition this week of One World Partners, a Sausalito, Calif., company that specializes in managing incentives, meetings...
With thousands of protesters expected in Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit on September 24-25, the city has been working to create protest zones near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. However, some groups are not happy with the effort and have...
With renewed focus on virtual meetings, organizations are looking for ways to use technology to turn large, costly national meetings into more cost-effective regional meetings. But how can they do so successfully without losing the messaging or...
