For its Affordable Meetings Mid-America conference, to be held April 6-7 at Chicago's Navy Pier, HSMAI has lined up a roster of 25 sessions and 300 exhibitors...

ANNIVERSARY (noun) 1. the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event ...

THESE DAYS, it's all about doing it better, faster, and cheaper — every time. You're always on time and on budget, but could you save even more time and money...

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, I lived in a tiny New York City apartment on the Upper West Side, half a block from Central Park. The park kept me sane. A stroll, jog, or visit to the swing set were antidotes for loneliness, boredom, frustration, sadness ...

CONSULTANT CHUCK MCPHERSON believes that he has the cure for the common meeting: Make it SLURPY...

IN NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., the 116,000-square-foot Conference Center Niagara Falls opened last June, directly across from the Seneca Niagara Casino. It features a 10,500-square-foot ballroom, a 32,200-square-foot entertainment/exhibit hall, and a 19...

$3 million: That was the average annual incentive budget for the insurance and financial services companies that responded to a survey by CMI's sister publication Insurance Conference Planner. That number is up more than $1 million from two years...

Number of insurance execs who say meetings are a good learning opportunity and a chance to network:79% ...

IN THE EARLY 1980s, a group of people realized the need for a magazine focused strictly on the needs of corporate meeting planners. Coming up with a concept is one thing; making it happen is another. That's where Connie Goldstein, CMI's founding...

According to FutureWatch 2005, an annual survey conducted by MPI and American Express and announced at MPI's Professional Education Conference in January, “full strategic sourcing” is a huge growth area in the meeting industry. Among the findings...