Online registration providers are waking up to the needs of people with disabilities, with two suppliers recently announcing compliance with Section 508 guidelines from the federal government's Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance...

WHEN PETE WATSON, VICE PRESIDENT, Orange County sales manager with LandAmerica/Commonwealth, a real estate transaction company, brought his top producers from the state of California to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, he saved a...

A remote airline check-in system is online at The Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla., allowing guests to check bags as early as 12 hours before a flight. A partnership between network provider ARINC Inc. and BAGS Inc. (Baggage Airline Guest...

Does the meeting industry need another listserv? Fast Company magazine thinks so. The publication's Company of Friends network was retooled earlier this year to include industry-based special interest groups — including one for event management...

Audience response systems first came on the meetings scene in the late 1970s, and in large measure the concept remains unchanged: Questions are displayed on a projection screen, and attendees answer using individual keypads. Seconds after the...

In September, both EventRebels.com, the two-year-old Ellicott City, Md.-based provider, and San Francisco — based Certain Software launched new disabilities-accessible versions of their online registration systems that are compliant with Section...

Some were industry experts, some were experienced planners, and some were relatively new to the field. But everyone who participated in this year's ICPA Educational Forum, held July 17 to 19 at the Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, had something to...

With just 16 of its top qualifiers, their spouses, and the company's top brass as incentive attendees — and a budget as small as the group — one would expect that this year's Viasys Chairman's Club incentive would be a pretty low-key affair...

In Insurance Conference Planner's reader survey conducted late last year, 57 percent of the respondents said they had held an incentive program on a cruise ship. That's an impressive chunk of the insurance and financial services market...

The crystal balls were rolling at the Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International — New York University Industry Strategy Conference in New York City in late September, with a panel of hotel experts offering a situation analysis as well...