When organizations create social media accounts, they are entering into a virtual (albeit implied) contract with their communities. That contract is quite simple, promising...
With the largest trade show for the meetings, incentives, and exhibitions industry in North America, IMEX America, under way, American Express Meetings & Events released its 2015 Global Meetings & Events Forecast, showing the U.S. meetings...
The new Maritz Global Meetings Network connects meeting clients with “in market” meeting planning companies and professional congress organizers around the world. These partner companies have been selected for their quality and...
According to a recent American Express Meetings and Events survey, meeting planners say they expect to spend more on training, include more virtual components, and use more nontraditional venues in 2015.
Bald, dressed like a 1990s grunge fan, and with an accent that started out vaguely Bostonian and after 45 minutes went totally Mark Wahlberg, Steve Gross did not look or sound like a presenter whose topic would be joyfulness. And when he started ...
The Convention Industry Council’s Hall of Leaders gala, which won a Global Espirit award recently for its 2013 event from the International Special Events Society, was held October 12 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The CIC...
The Sunday morning shift at The Shade Tree Shelter’s Healing Garden project donned gardening gloves and grabbed shovels to plant and irrigate the garden.IMEX brought its Challenge, a humanitarian initiative for the meetings industry that takes pl...
The grounds for creating a mobile meeting app are quite different depending on whether the app is for an association or a corporation, according to a new Meeting Professionals International/DoubleDutch survey.
A quarter of association meeting pr...
Associated Luxury Hotels International has announced the launch of the ALHI Global Luxury Alliance, expanding its roster of hotels and resorts to now include as partners destination management companies and destination marketing organizations for...
