Dave O'Connor, CMP President, Meeting Connections Inc. Brasstown, N.C...

Katherine Markham and David Markham

Convention and event facilities aren't built for worship services. How can you transform a typical meeting space into one that is conducive to worship?

Most meeting activities aimed at satisfying a commitment to corporate social responsibility are meaningful to meeting professionals and to a small minority of participants, but mostly irrelevant to the social, economic, and environmental goals...

As oil continues to wash up on beaches around the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, companies with upcoming meetings in the Gulf region face tough decisions about whether to pull the plug—and concerns about the...

Tighter budgets and continuing perception concerns have many companies toning down their incentive programs. Here’s how one planner ditched the extravagance but kept the wow.

New meeting industry event partnerships at IMEX America, AIBTM, and PCMA Virtual Edge are booming, with hopes of luring attendees and exhibitors.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has introduced sustainable-meeting guidelines at all its North American properties and will expand the program globally in 2011.