Affinity dots Here's a trouble-free networking idea that's a tradition at science fiction conferences and is easy to adapt to any kind of group. You'll need a variety of colored stick-on dots, some felt-tipped pens, and a large easel with a...

Disney Beeps the Media When nearly 2,000 media representatives descen-ded on Walt Disney World in Orlando in late September for the launch of its 15-month millennium celebration, the entertainment giant put on its creativity cap to come up with...

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"You won't see a satellite dish on top of our building," says Tom Smith, vice president of facilities at the Las Vegas Convention Center. "Who knows whether that technology will be around in two years? It's cheaper and easier to rent one from a...

Passkey.com, Inc. has forged an alliance with Sabre, an industry leader in electronic travel distribution systems, advancing a step further the concept of one-stop shopping to book air, car, and hotel reservations all in one keystroke...

JetForm Corp.'s customer conference plays its part in the push to reinvent the document company as an e-company. "I feel like the planets are aligning for JetForm," says Andrew Jackson, senior vice president of marketing for the Ottawa, Ontario...

Some videoconferences are a smashing success, and some are, well, somewhat less so. Understanding that there's much on the line at these high-tech events--the meeting's objectives, the company's image, and the event manager's neck--I recently sat...

Simple Search: www.majorexhibithalls.com The site at www.majorexhibithalls.com is refreshingly straightforward. Pick from an alphabetical list of cities and the screen returns a list of Web sites associated with exhibition halls in the chosen...

Mark D. Tunney, CMP, has been appointed vice president of sales at the Chicago office of SeminarSource.com, a provider of e-commerce solutions for the convention and meeting industry. Tunney previously served as director of marketing for the Hyatt...

There is no doubt about who was the most well-received speaker at the 1999 World Education Congress of Meeting Professionals International, held in July at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Convention Center. Eleven-year-old Christopher Simeone walked...