The Meetings Community, an industry educational listserv commonly known as MeCo, has announced that it will soon have a home in Second Life, a booming online world where participants move around and chat as avatars...

Maritz Inc., Fenton, Mo., has a new study out that analyzes employees based on the way they like to be recognized. After talking to 1,003 adults employed full time, researches arrived at six categories—Freedom Yearners, Nesters, Award Seekers...

Disney Cruise Line plans to add two new ocean liners to its fleet. The ships, which are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012, will more than double the line’s passenger capacity and help Disney meet demand for its cruise business, which hosts a...

Following a scandal in which the former controller of the Palm Beach (Fla.) Convention and Visitors Bureau embezzled about $1.5 million from the organization’s coffers, the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners will allow the CVB to continue to...

Meeting professionals can hone their Excel skills at an upcoming webinar, organized by the Financial and Insurance Conference Planners association and led by James Spellos, CMP, president, Meetings U...

The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax the passport requirements for children who are citizens of the U.S. and Canada traveling into the United States via land and sea...

The renovated guest rooms at The Peabody Memphis in downtown Memphis, Tenn., are now welcoming guests. When I sat in the lobby of the newly spruced-up hotel, it was apparent just how comfortable this “living room of the South” is, with its...

The Accreditation Council for CME made it very clear at the 2007 Alliance for CME annual meeting that it may not be possible for providers to achieve Level 3 compliance with the updated accreditation criteria by the November 2008 deadline. However...

Let's face it — we're all looking for something or someone. When it comes to CME, it is especially true for learners, educators, providers, and supporters. The problem is, how do we find each other? We know what we want, but we may not know who we...