“I believe that meetings, because they promote the free exchange of information, are absolutely critical to our success as a country. For that reason alone, I think membership in associations should be tax-deductible. Why not?” ...
“Accessibility to good entertainment and good dining is a must for most groups,” says Carey Rountree, executive vice president of sales at the Atlanta CVB. “The closer the better. I don't think I've seen any changes in those criteria — the demands...
APEX just might be the meeting industry's most ambitious project ever. A five-year mega-effort by the Convention Industry Council to develop and implement accepted practices for the meetings industry, APEX is focused on seven subjects: housing and...
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research has launched a new project that will track the growth of the exhibition industry in the United States and Canada...
The Professional Meeting Planners Network, which specializes in small medical meetings, has spun off a new company to resell online registration services and to try to make Web registration and housing more practical for smaller groups — both...
Due to an editing error, we did not correctly attribute comments in “Let's Make a Deal” (October, page 35). It should have read: “Be sure to obtain a copy of the center's operating policies,” advises Tony Maiorino, special projects manager for...