About the same time that Meeting Professionals International was querying corporate, association, and government planners; intermediaries; and other members for its major annual survey (see story, right), our sister publication Financial &...
With conservative estimates of tens of thousands of new weblogs launching every week, it's no surprise the meeting and events industry has its share of bloggers. From e-conferencing and airlines to e-learning and oddities, the blogs below offer...
The Dancing Deer Baking Co. donates 35 percent of the retail price of its Sweet Home product line to help homeless families find jobs and move into homes of their own. Baked goods arrive in pretty gift packages with a printed card bearing a...
The data released in September from the Pew Internet & American Life Project show that 72 percent of adults are now online, with percentages higher among younger segments of the population (84 percent among those age 18-29, 83 percent among...
Interactive attendee badge nTag is partnering with iBAHN, a provider of connectivity services for meetings. IBAHN will market, sell, and service the badge as an nTag Preferred Partner. The nTag badges “talk” with one another via infrared sensors...
Although indoor kart racing has been popular in Europe for 15 years, it's a fairly new phenomenon here in the States. And while the word “kart” might conjure up an image of go-carts, this adrenaline-pumping race experience feels just like the real...
In an Industry First, the SITE Foundation has taken an in-depth look at market forces, both within companies and globally, that have influenced incentive decisions in the past five years and will shape the industry over the next five years...
A new white paper from GiftCertificates.com suggests that companies automate their incentive programs when the following conditions apply: 1) the yearly award budget exceeds $300,000; 2) the program rules are increasing and becoming more complex...
The Transportation Security Administration's proposal last month to ease restrictions on items that passengers can bring on board airplanes met immediate opposition from some lawmakers, a major airport executive, and members of the flight...