The hotel occupancy tax, which has been the primary source of funding for most convention and visitors bureaus for a half century, is a flawed and obsolete concept that should be replaced. The problem with the bed tax is that it focuses all of a...
Eight meeting-niche specialists came to a half-day educational forum in June put on by AM and its sister Primedia Business Meetings Group magazines, along with other trade press, for the New England Chapter of the Hotel Sales and Marketing...
Scrambling for new profit opportunities to make up for lost business in the wake of the airline commission cuts, many smaller and regional travel agencies are launching meeting and convention divisions. While mega-agencies have long maintained a...
On September 11, 2002, many planners will find themselves — where else? — at a meeting. The question is: How to recognize the significance of the date without getting in the way of the meeting's agenda...
Listen to your attendees. Go to the event, talk to people about what they did and didn't like. Evaluations are the foundation on which everything is built. Take a tip from forward-thinking speakers who survey their audience ahead of time to...
The Convention Liaison Council is anything but modest about its just-announced golf tournament: the Prestigious CIC Cup. It's likely, however, that the three-day event coming up in November will fit the description. Each of the 30 CIC member...
Congratulations to our Inner Circle Award winners for 2002! Readers of Association Meetings magazine have chosen 30 hotel winners in our eleventh annual Inner Circle Awards. These properties are selected for their high level of service, flexible...
IAEM Offers Liability Insurance: The International Association for Exhibition Management now offers exhibition/special event liability and property insurance for its members. For more info, contact www.iaem.com; (972) 458-8002.
Have you ever received several marketing pieces for a meeting and thought, ‘Gee, that's all I really needed’? Have you ever attended a religious meeting that had multiple messages and said to yourself, ‘I still don't know what the purpose of the...
Most people spend time like they do money: until it runs short. Then they seek a way to compensate. The best approach, of course, is a disciplined lifestyle that prevents time (or money) from slipping away in the first place...