In what appears to be a retro trend — hearkening back to the days when show organizers contracted directly with specialty suppliers — several associations, including the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, have chosen to become their own...

The New Yorker, the venerable weekly known for its cartoons almost as much as its outstanding writing, is now publishing those cartoons on a custom basis. For years The New Yorker's Cartoon Bank division has licensed its funnies for advertising, T...

The recently released study from the Women's Leadership Initiative, a research project funded by the MPI Foundation, breaks new ground for women in the industry. Women make up 76 percent of Meeting Professionals International's membership, yet...

Do you use faxes to market your events? If so, be aware of the new Federal Communications Commission regulations. The revised rules, which were scheduled to go into effect in August but have been delayed until January 2005, prohibit solicitation...

Almost 70 insurance and financial services planners came to the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans on July 17 to 19 to learn, network, and have some fun. They got all that and more at the ICPA Summer Educational Forum, which this year included standout...

Pittsburgh's new David L. Lawrence Convention Center is not one of the centers opening across the country with little business booked. The grand opening is scheduled for September, but the center has been hosting groups since March, even though...

GIVEN CURRENT WORLD EVENTS, Puerto Rico is a very attractive destination and has a unique opportunity to attract new corporate meeting and incentive business, say meeting planners who attended the Meet the Greens Puerto Rico Invitational Golf...

Compiling 75 articles from a range of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and periodicals, the new 600-page Travel Security Sourcebook (Omnigraphics, 2003) was published in July with information on airport security, arrests in foreign...

An Austin company is tugging at the fantasies of amateur musicians and air guitarists with new teambuilding opportunities...

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio, has become the first corporate sponsor of the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University. The Forum was launched in 2002 to research the link between...