In this issue, we've taken the pulse of the industry in one of its most turbulent periods ever. We spoke with the airlines, a leading hotel industry analyst, the heads of major meeting and incentive associations, and our readers...
Need a quick refresher or a simple tip to make things run smoother? Take a peek at www.meetingplannertips.com. Larry Chase, an Internet consultant with Chase Online Marketing Strategies, New York City, sticks to online tips, such as Web site...
I ADMIT IT, I'm a fan of public radio and one of its most frequent pundits, economist Robert Reich. So I was excited to hear the former Secretary of Labor speak at the annual LIMRA International conference in Boston in late October. He didn't...
Taking a page from the leading meeting associations, the industry's umbrella organization, the Convention Industry Council (www.conventionindustry.org), is forming a nonprofit foundation to help it raise money. The CIC says donations to the new...
The most important — yet often undervalued — components of any company are human resources and employee training, believes Howard Schultz, chairman of Starbucks Coffee Co...
Never has the incentive supplier-buyer relationship been challenged more, according to members of a panel at the SITE International Conference, held in early December in Miami Beach. The panel, moderated by Bruce Tepper, CITE, vice president...
FOR SEVERAL DECADES, the language used in speakers bureau contracts has been largely based on the legalese that makes up standard entertainment law. This is because the industry never had a standard contract from which to work. Until now...