The International Association of Hispanic Meeting Professionals was just a gleam in the eye of Margaret Gonzalez back in 1996. That's when Gonzalez, along with about 17 other people who were attending a meeting in Miami Beach, came up with the...
You call me with The Problem: The Big Hotel is keeping your money, deducting money from your bank account, or not providing the services you think they are supposed to provide...
The crystal balls were rolling at the Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International-New York University Industry Strategy Conference in New York City in late September, with a panel of hotel experts offering a situation analysis as well as...
“Show organizers call us pirates and bandits. That's OK,” says Bruce Peterson, president of Las Vegas-based Events Plus Travel. His destination management company has come under fire recently for allegedly “poaching” attendees and exhibitors from...
Opening in 2005, the Puerto Rico Convention Center, which will be surrounded by waterfront development and an entertainment complex, will be a new high-tech destination for meetings and conventions. Puerto Rico and the 580,000-square-foot Center...
If associations make the value of staying inside the block as great as the savings found elsewhere, the vast majority of attendees and exhibitors will stay inside the group block. Here are two recent examples: Chicago's Healthcare Information...