The Green Meeting Industry Council, an association dedicated to sustainability for meetings and events, has a challenge for the industry: Divert, recycle, or compost a million tons of trash between Earth Day, April 22, and the end of 2009...
Landry & Kling is launching a new service called SeaSite, an online portal that will allow meeting planners to source and plan cruise ship–based meetings...
An interview with Kari Kesler, NBTA board member, co-founder of NBTA’s Groups and Meetings Committee, and former global manager, Honeywell Meeting Solutions, who is leading the effort toward a new certification, the SMMC
As the nation’s economic condition deteriorates, the meetings industry, particularly within the insurance and financial services sector, continues to take more than its fair share of hits...
Some destinations are fighting back against the negative perception of meetings and incentives, including Minnesota, where Gov. Tim Pawlenty introduced a new meetings marketing campaign; and Spokane, Wash., where industry supporters took to the...
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, today unveiled the Industry Coalition’s new information and advertising campaign called “Meetings Mean Business” to fight “irresponsible attacks” from the government and the media that...
People interested in the standards being created for greening meetings and events will have an opportunity to comment on them starting the week of March 16, when the first phase of city discussion groups (CDGs) rolls out, according to an...
Twenty-three years ago, a young, ambitious branch manager at a large employment agency worked her butt off to qualify for a recognition conference. She was rewarded with a trip to New York City, where she joined her CEO for tea and conversation i...
