A new position paper from Meeting Professionals International's Global Corporate Circle of Excellence explores the trend in corporate America to merge meeting and travel departments. “360 Degrees of Teamwork: How Meetings and Travel Professionals...
According to a soon-to-be-released report that was conducted by Purdue University, meeting planners, on the whole, are not prepared to respond to disasters of any kind — from a strike, to a roof collapse, to a shooting — much less a flu pandemic...
More than 140 executives gathered at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center June 15 for the by-invitation-only Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum to discuss the latest trends and issues confronting the exposition organizers...
“Initially, clients like the novelty of graphic recording, but once they actually experience it, they see the value of it,” says Charles Alday, president, Alday Consulting Services, a Kennesaw, Ga. — based performance consulting firm...
I remember scoffing at a colleague a year ago when he suggested covering avian flu in the magazine. An outbreak in human beings would be so catastrophic, I replied, that it's hard to even imagine — let alone write about the potential implications...
As meeting planners, we bring together brilliant minds on a regular basis — to teach, to learn, and to inspire. Some of these meetings attract much attention in the media as well. You may hear of new studies discussed on the morning news, or read...
It was Shaping up to be Securian's “greatest convention ever,” says Koleen Roach, director, recognition and conference planning, Securian Financial Group, St. Paul, Minn...
When Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. was in the early stages of planning its 2007 incentive trip, China was high on the list of possible destinations. But, with increasing publicity about the possibility of an avian flu outbreak, the planners...
