•We regret that in the Beyond Borders 2002 supplement to Association Meetings' June issue, we incorrectly listed the number of hotels operated by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. In the sidebar, “Selected International Hotel Operators,” page 40, we...
Not long ago, David Kushner, CMP, CAE, was standing in a river with his fly-fishing rod, enjoying the sounds of nature as the water rippled past. His fishing guide, however, was not so serene. “He was really frustrated, and felt like he was...
I attended a very large meeting last winter, but it was at a small breakout session that I learned more about a meeting's worth than I'd learned in nearly 20 years in the meeting industry...
For events that have networked computers, presenters who access the Internet, or other connectivity needs, planners need a grasp of connectivity basics. We've assembled answers to your most frequently asked questions, provided a checklist for tech...
STEPHANIE FRANKS, president of MarKomm Consulting, a Denver-based event marketing and production company, is the mind behind ConferZone, a year-and-a-half-old Web site that bills itself as “the first objective e-conferencing resource.” With its...
The American Bar Association's annual meeting began 125 years ago as a place to conduct the association's business, but over the years it's become too big for its own good. Last summer's conference involved approximately 2,500 individual events...
September 11, a recession, and the continuing threat of terrorism: The world may never be like it was before, but it will get better. One way to cope in troubled times is to focus on improving contract provisions...
The average U.S. hotel suffered a 19.4 percent decline in profits in 2001, according to the 2002 edition of Trends in the Hotel Industry-USA, which is published by PKF Consulting and the Hospitality Research Group. The downturn represents the...
Anaheim, Calif., has expanded its convention center by 40 percent, bumping it up to 1.6 million square feet and making it the largest center on the West Coast. Disney recently added a second new theme park, California Adventure, and a new shopping...
“When Internet booking started [in the mid 1990s], there was fairly good data that showed that the customers they [online hotel sites] were bringing to the table were, in fact, different than our traditional customers,” says Christie Hicks, senior...