Motivation Show week began with a Monday evening celebration for the CMI 25, the kickoff for this magazine's list of the 25 most influential meeting and incentive companies. Top brass from all 25 organizations, along with magazine readers, were on...

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Back in 2005, when I first heard about Kelli Livers' consolidation plans for AIG, the idea of a company-wide strategic meetings management program was just a gleam in her visionary eye. Today, SMMP is a hot-button acronym in the meetings industry ...

“I love the [financial and insurance] meeting segment,” says Leonard Hoops, executive vice president, sales and marketing, for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau. “They aren't as price-sensitive as the association market. They are...

Summer events with a purpose: to bring Penton Media employees closer together after a major acquisition...

SpotMe 2, a handheld multifunction meeting gadget, has grabbed first place in the WorldWide Technology Watch competition, an annual contest run by EIBTM, the international meeting and incentive exhibition, to find top event technology innovations...

PCMA is more aggressively marketing itself to corporate meeting pros

Unsettled weather from Hurricane Dean did not stop the 15 senior-level planners who traveled to Ritz-Carlton's Insurance Educational Weekend in August to hear updates about doing business in the U.S. Virgin Islands, learn about Ritz-Carlton brand...

It's been 17 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Today, everyone is more attuned to accessibility in all areas, including meetings and events, but meeting professionals need to keep on their guard during site...

All key exhibition industry metrics rose in the second quarter, including the biggest gainers, revenue and attendance, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research’s CEIR Index...