After a search that began last fall, the Destination Marketing Association International has hired Don Welsh, CEO of Choose Chicago, as its new president & CEO...
Association management giant SmithBucklin has acquired SDI, a Chicago-based meeting and incentive company.
SmithBucklin, which provides full-service management to almost 100 associations as well as outsourced services to more than 40 organizat...
As you all know, I am a big believer in strategic meetings management. And as you also know, I am often perplexed by the fact that many organizations have not adopted the three core requirements of SMM: a comprehensive meetings policy...
“Cultivating Creative Moments” was the theme of this year’s Convening Leaders conference, the annual meeting of the Professional Convention Management Association, which unfolded at the Vancouver Convention Centre January 10...
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John Federico talks with Mike McAllen about EventHero and the bootstrap journey he has been on in the meeting and events business. John, who is CEO ...
About 400 women and men (but mostly women) packed a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Orlando last summer for the second annual Women In Travel Summit, an event unique in the meetings and business travel world for both its mission and its price—free...
If you belong to almost any meetings industry association, you’ve got a connection with the Convention Industry Council, an umbrella group with more than 30 member organizations, from Financial & Insurance Conference Planners, to the Corporate Ev...
