Remember when MPI changed its name? When music licensing hit the headlines? The SARS scare? Take a trip through time to recall the most significant moments in meetings...

Every day there's something new on MeetingsNet.com, The Meetings Group Web site. Check out the latest on what's happening in the world of meetings, hospitality, and business travel from Web editor and master blogger Sue Pelletier on Face2Face. And...

Enhancements to ICPA's recruitment program give Hospitality Partners more opportunities to get a spot at this year's annual meeting, November 6 to10 at the New York Marriott Marquis. If you refer a new member to ICPA, and that person joins the...

Pressure on corporate budgets is easing — just a little — and that's good news both for planners and for conference centers. So say four industry executives who discussed conference center trends with Insurance Conference Planner recently: Andy...

JUST GRADUATING COLLEGE NOW, the Millennials are the latest generation to join the work force. Who are they, what are their values, and what motivates them...

MEETING PROFESSIONALS International and the Professional Convention Management Association are launching a multiculturalism toolkit that will be distri-buted to PCMA and MPI chapter leaders. It is the first time that the two groups have...

CONCIERGE SERVICES have moved from hotels to corporate America — as an incentive for employees. PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., for example, has a full-time concierge to help its 800 employees with personal errands such as booking...

THE BEAUTY OF A LIVE EVENT is in the interactions among the attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and even sponsors. The planner's challenge is to capture that spirit and keep it alive across a longer timeline. While conference CD-ROMs and official Web...