Few meeting professionals we contacted in the weeks before the U.S. invasion of Iraq had done anything to prepare for the war's impact on their business — from renegotiating their attrition clauses to increasing their security precautions. Now...

City, county, and even state governments are used to helping finance convention centers because the payback to local businesses, hotels, and the economy can be so great. But headquarters hotels have always been another story — until now...

Raymon Hunt Secretary/Treasurer African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Charlotte, N.C...

Destinations that were easily accessible by air may now be two or more transfers away. Cities that had a daylong schedule of flights may now have only one or two a day. And in the current cost-cutting craze, some carriers may cancel or reschedule...

South America offers tremendous opportunities for business, but don't assume that business and social practices are the same throughout the region...

The commercial invoice is a list of all items being shipped (including exhibit booths) with their dimensions, weight, and value. For items that will be displayed and then re-exported, not sold, list the cost of manufacture, not the selling price...

Despite the sporadic pickup of the stock market, technology conferences can expect little reprieve from the buffeting they've suffered over the last 24 months. One tech conference that has managed to survive the upheavals of the marketplace is...

The new product, nTAG, can work as a networking tool, polling device, attendee tracker, and even a digital ticket for invitation-only events. Launched in April by nTAG Interactive (www.ntag.com), the badges "talk" with other other via infrared...

A job ad in his denomination's magazine in 1997 caught Jim Cullumber's eye. He applied on a whim and was hired as the Christian Church Foundation's vice president of communications...

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