UNION LESSON ONE: It's not the rates; it's the rules. When meeting organizers bring their events to cities with unionized convention labor, their biggest challenge to keeping exhibitors' costs down and satisfaction high isn't usually the labor...

"In today’s economy, companies cannot afford to have a controllable expense go uncontrolled. There’s a focus on procurement, on tracking the meeting, and on tracking cost savings," says Jay Roseman, vice president of corporate meeting solutions...

"In today’s economy, companies cannot afford to have a controllable expense go uncontrolled. There’s a focus on procurement, on tracking the meeting, and on tracking cost savings," says Jay Roseman, vice president of corporate meeting solutions...

TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT Corbin Ball, CMP, has made a career out of connecting the dots for meeting professionals. His latest project is a report on the tech tools available to help companies with their strategic meeting management initiatives, such...

HELMSBRISCOE, one of the world's largest conference resource firms, has entered into an agreement with Business Meeting Places, Stamford, Conn., a division of Regus Group plc, based in the U.K. BMP leases more than 3,700 meeting rooms in...

THIS ISSUE INCLUDES a big story about the art and science of serving wine at group functions. I have always been a big fan of the fruit of the vine, but only lately have I discovered the beauty of the beverage beyond its ability to make you loopy...

At the most fundamental level, ROI starts with a good budget — one that takes into account the many nuances of the meeting...

HURRICANE 1 (noun) a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 mph or greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic and is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning...

OPENED IN OCTOBER, The Lodge at Buckberry Creek, in East Tennessee's Smoky Mountains, is modeled after the “Great Camps” of the Adirondacks. Nestled above Gatlinburg, the lodge has 46 suites ranging from 575 square feet to 900 square feet in area...

Hotel labor contracts may not be on the radar screen for most planners, but maybe they should be — particularly for those planning large meetings in union cities such as San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C...