A call to action galvanized a robust turnout of 45 meeting planners and 30 hospitality partners at the Northeast Regional Summer Meeting of Financial & Insurance Conference Planners, July 26-28 at the stunning new MGM Grand at Foxwoods in...
The investor who purchased Ambassadors International’s travel and events division in April—Lakeview Equity Partners, LLC, a Milwaukee-based private-equity fund—is also the majority stakeholder in Chicago-based event housing and travel services...
The power of meetings will be on full display in Pittsburgh this September when leaders from the world’s 20 largest countries convene for the G20 Summit, seeking solutions to stimulate the global economy. The G20 usually meets annually, but...
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Michael Hamamoto took the podium at the final networking event of the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Education Forum, held at The Broadmoor in June. Michael, then a high-school senior (now an...
Never in a million years did I expect to write a eulogy for Concepts Worldwide, the iconic meeting management firm that Terri Breining launched in San Diego County more than 21 years ago...
On July 29, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.. introduced a bill into Congress, The Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2009 (S. 1530), which will, if passed, “prohibit an agency or department of the United States from establishing or...