Destinations that were easily accessible by air may now be two or more transfers away. Cities that had a daylong schedule of flights may now have only one or two a day. And in the current cost-cutting craze, some carriers may cancel or reschedule...
The commercial invoice is a list of all items being shipped (including exhibit booths) with their dimensions, weight, and value. For items that will be displayed and then re-exported, not sold, list the cost of manufacture, not the selling price...
Despite the sporadic pickup of the stock market, technology conferences can expect little reprieve from the buffeting they've suffered over the last 24 months. One tech conference that has managed to survive the upheavals of the marketplace is...
The new product, nTAG, can work as a networking tool, polling device, attendee tracker, and even a digital ticket for invitation-only events. Launched in April by nTAG Interactive (www.ntag.com), the badges "talk" with other other via infrared...
A job ad in his denomination's magazine in 1997 caught Jim Cullumber's eye. He applied on a whim and was hired as the Christian Church Foundation's vice president of communications...
“It's not that I've changed the way I do things,” says Maureen Karon, CMP, CMM, global meeting manager for Deloitte Touche Tohamatsu, in New York, who plans many small meetings every year globally. “But I tend to pay more attention now to...
Since January, the U.S. dollar has dropped nearly 6 percent against the euro. And a volatile foreign currency exchange rate means planners might pay more for hotel rooms, ground transportation, and other services for many European events...
The American Society of Association Executives plans to relocate its 20005 annual meeting, originally scheduled for Los Angeles, and is soliciting bids from five U.S. cities in the East and “mid-East” to host that convention, says Michael S. Olson...