The Austin (TX) Convention and Visitors Bureau became a private, nonprofit corporation instead of a city department as of November 1996. The purpose of the change is to allow the bureau to raise more money so it can better compete with Dallas...
With the dramatic increase in airfares in 1996, executives who plan meetings may be looking at the new year with less than great expectations. Yet many airline analysts expect fares to stabilize or decrease in 1997...
PICTURE the scene. It's several years before your organization's big meeting. You've just received the hotel's signed contract proposal incorporating all of the issues that you've negotiated with the property. All you have to do is counter-sign...
Floor-load capacities, ceiling heights, and meeting and exposition space were once the critical factors when selecting a convention center. Today, many planners are adding another criterion to the list: telecommunications capabilities. No less...
Retired General Colin L. Powell will be the keynote speaker at the 41st Annual Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) Meeting, January 8 to 11 in San Antonio, TX. In the session, sponsored by Renaissance Hotels International, Powell...
With little on-the-scene fanfare but a fair amount of pre-meeting lobbying, delegates at the Convention Liaison Council (CLC) approved a major restructuring of the organization at its November meeting in Fort Worth, TX...
It hurts," says Mickey Schaefer, vice president membership, meetings, conventions, and administration, with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), Kansas City, MO, explaining that one chain refused three pieces of her business in three...
Given the limited financing available for construction of full-service hotels, some companies are taking what may be a less costly route and converting existing buildings, such as office buildings and department stores, into hotels...
While attending a World Wide Web workshop this summer, Cynthia Lett, president of Creative Planning International in Silver Spring, MD, answered nearly as many questions from the audience as the presenter. Later she was asked to teach the course...