Two months ago, a planner “overly concerned” with security issues might have been branded as paranoid. As of September 11, anyone not focused on those issues risks accusations of negligence. “Our safe cocoon has been broken,” says Patti Roscoe...
Like so many associations, the International Association for Exhibition Management moved quickly on a number of fronts following the events of September 11. Among the immediate actions taken was the decision to postpone three board meetings that...
More than 1,500 people celebrated the opening of the Center for Association Leadership at the Marriott Learning Complex in Washington, D.C., in November. The center was founded by the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE) as...
As professional planners we have a moral and legal responsibility to be proactive rather than reactive with regard to anticipating risks and preparing emergency response plans. This has always been the case, although for many in our industry...
For more than 30 years, Virginia Lofft has broken new ground in the meeting industry, first as a journalist and then as a publisher. Her area of particular expertise became the international meetings market, and over the years, she created many...
The specter of Hurricane Michelle, forecast to hit the Yucatan Peninsula on November 4, the opening day of the International Congress and Convention Association general assembly in Cancun, Mexico, barely fazed conference attendees who had...