Think it's possible to save thousands of dollars on your food and beverage budget? Think higher. In a session at Meeting Professionals International's recent Professional Education Conference in New Orleans, presenter Janet R. Pickover, CMP, told...
With the Association's 2007 annual meeting in Toronto this May, Kathy Cannon, associate executive director at the American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research, The Woodlands, Texas, was more than a little anxious about attendance...
The Symphony of Hundreds of hammers hammering, a half-dozen circular saws buzzing, and 800 Habitat for Humanity corporate volunteers grunting was a sweet sound in the new New Orleans neighborhood of Musicians' Village, which is set amid some of...
“Every planner will be faced with first aid needs at one time or another,” said safety consultant Michael Giordano during an information-packed presentation at Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Northeast Chapter winter meeting. “The...
It seems that convention and visitors bureaus get a bad rap from corporate meeting managers. The gripes: CVBs are too association-focused, they take care of only citywides, they don't value corporate business, they send leads to every member hotel...
