The International Association of Conference Centers has updated its minimum technology requirements for member facilities. The association’s Technology Task Force published a new reference document, “Design for Great Technology,” which outlines...

Meeting Professionals International has recruited 18 high-level meeting professionals, most from large global corporations—and five who are not members of the association—for its new Executive Advisory Council. The new group is charged with making...

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The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives has made several efforts to clear up misconceptions around incentive travel, which it says have been fostered by the media since AIG’s controversial meetings this fall in the wake of a government...

Financial & Insurance Conference planners has released a positioning statement to members responding to recent press coverage of excessive spending on meetings by some financial services and insurance companies...

Cisco Systems has canceled its annual Global Sales Meeting. The gathering was scheduled August 18-31, 2009, in San Francisco, and was expected to bring together thousands of Cisco’s internal salespeople...

Gaylord Entertainment has canceled its plans to develop a $1 billion resort and convention hotel in the bayfront area of Chula Vista, Calif., just south of San Diego. The company cites “prolonged approval processes, complicated regulatory and...