Officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which runs Chicago’s McCormick Place, are spearheading an effort to introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to reform labor rules and contractor practices at the convention...

A recent survey of incentive industry professionals shows a possible disconnect in the importance placed on technology: Most respondents say that technology is critical when choosing partner companies, but at the same time, remarkably few of those...

Meeting Professionals International brings its MeetDifferent conference to Cancun, Mexico, February 20–23, and as its title promises, organizers are trying out an array of educational formats in order to expose attendees to new ideas and enrich...

As the economic crash unfolded last year, industry associations and various think tanks unleashed a torrent of statistics to track the downturn’s impact on meetings and events...

SmithBucklin has announced the reorganization of its meeting and event planning operation, consolidating units in Chicago and Washington, D.C., under Brad Weaber, who has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president, event...

The attempted bombing of an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight on Christmas Day is not keeping business travelers on the ground, according to a just-released survey of 152 travel managers by the National Business Travel Association. The vast majority of...

Happy new year, everyone! It’s pretty much mandatory for columnists to close the old year or begin the new one with wrap-ups, resolutions, or some other antidote to a slow news week. So stand by for 10 meetings resolutions for 2010...