Meeting Professionals International has recruited 18 high-level meeting professionals — most from large global corporations and five who are not MPI members — for a new Executive Advisory Council...
EIBTM, the Global Meetings & Incentives Exhibition, awarded its 2008 Meeting and Incentive Industry Awards in early December, when the show convened at Barcelona's Fira Gran Via. A total of 58 events were up for awards in six categories. And...
CMI announces the winners of our reader-selected 2009 Paragon Awards, recognizing the best hotels, resorts, and conference centers for successful meetings and incentives.
It would be hard to find anyone who's traveled the career path of TYRA W. HILLIARD, Esq., CMP. Having moved from meeting planner to CVB staffer to hotel catering pro to lawyer to educator, Hilliard has a rare perspective on the industry. Now, she...
Wynn Resorts' newest signature hotel, Encore, at press time was set to open on December 22 next door to flagship property Wynn Las Vegas. The 50-story-high resort will have its own collection of suites, dining options, and leisure activities...
A slew of surveys and reports were released in the closing weeks of 2008, all highlighting the near-term economic situation, which is at best uncertain and at worst very dark indeed...
The concept is straightforward: Find someone you don't know at the conference cocktail reception and strike up business-related small talk. But as most people will confess, networking is not easy. And I'll admit it: I'm kind of shy, which makes it...
Challenged by the dire economy and concerned about perception issues surrounding their meetings and incentive programs, the 600-plus attendees who gathered at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun for the 51st Financial & Insurance...