Meeting technology solutions provider Cvent have orchestrated separate...Cvent has made a number of announcements recently. Major hotel chain partnerships will enhance its free electronic RFP supplier network of more than 75,000 hotels and venues...

Maritz has announced a partnership with a satellite broadcasting company, Velocity Broadcasting, as the first prong is a new suite of technology services called Maritz LIVE (Local Interactive Virtual Events)...

The Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Board of Directors has reiterated its support for the meetings industry coalition formed by the U.S Travel Association, and for a unified voice going forward. Here’s Financial & Insurance...

When J.P. Morgan took over Seattle-based Washington Mutual in September 2008, the New York investment firm decided to downsize the West Coast office with the intention of ultimately moving employees east. Kathy Rust, CMP, CTC, then vice president...

These days, speakers bureaus are getting lots of requests for presenters on the cheap. But industry veteran Diane Goodman of Goodman Speakers Bureau suggests that planners should focus instead on trying to get more for their money when working...

In response to member feedback, and in consideration of the ongoing global recession, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners has announced that it is shortening its annual conference by one day this year...

A heated debate over whether or not the city of Dallas should fund construction of a convention center headquarters hotel ended Saturday when residents voted to move forward with the publicly funded hotel...

AIG’s spending spree at a St. Regis resort last September, just days after receiving federal bailout money, continues to send aftershocks throughout the resort and luxury segments of the industry. The opening session of the virtual Resort...