There's no question that strategic meeting management is no longer just the purview of a handful of Fortune 500 companies with large, centralized meeting departments. In Meeting Professionals International's 2007 Futurewatch survey, presented at...
Ethics will be on the agenda at the MeetNow! 2007 Joint Educational Conference of the WestFieldand Connecticut River Valley Chapters of Meeting Professionals International, to be held February 22-23 at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven, Conn....
“This industry cares more about security than any,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO, Travel Industry Association of America. ”We saw our industry brought to its knees after 9/11. So it’s about getting back to balance. We can put a wall around...
According to a recent study conducted by PKF Hospitality Research in conjunction with Convention South magazine, 64 percent of meeting planners are planning the same number of meetings in 2007 as they did last year, but they expect greater...
The U.S. Senate passed a measure last week that bans most lobbyist-paid travel for lawmakers, but provides allowances for travel to meetings and conventions. The bill will become law once it’s approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, which...