In the 2016 Winter Meetings Outlook from Meeting Professionals International, respondents predicted a little spending increase but a bigger pricing increase. MPI put those predictions together and what came out was a 2.5 percent decrease in...

Professional conference organizer and association management company Kenes Group has signed an agreement with BestCities Global Alliance to create and manage a series of conferences around the world that will bring together doctors, researchers...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Brandt's favorite quoteIn this week's Meetings Podcast Event Technology Consulting's Brandt Krueger and Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen discuss the chall...

There are a few ways to think about revenue management. One is that it gives hoteliers a formula for maximizing revenue per available room. Another is that it’s the “Moneyball” of hospitality—a triumph of data over judgment and experience. And th...

More than 160 professionals hailing from everything from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to restaurants, hotels, and audiovisual companies earned a Meeting Professionals International Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate duri...

The Commission for Certification of Healthcare CPD Professionals recently announced that, effective March 1, the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions will take ownership of the Certified Healthcare CPD Professional certific...

When Lisa Devlin, Esq., Devlin Law Firm, PC, Phoenix, and Barbara Dunn, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, in Chicago, present case studies from actual meeting contract disputes in education sessions, they sometimes conclude that the parties could...

Julie Coker Graham is the new president and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, replacing President and CEO Jack Ferguson, who retired on December 31, 2015. Coker Graham had been executive vice president at the Philadelphia C...

Meeting groups visiting Orlando this year have lots of shiny new hotels, restaurants, and attractions to look forward to. Because the city takes a long-term, strategic view of its tourism infrastructure, capital investment is a big part of its of...