The final phase of the new $2.3 million Virginia Beach Convention Center officially opened in January. The convention center has more than 500,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. The Hampton Roads Auto Dealers Association held the first...
We've all sat through those PowerPoint-heavy lectures while struggling to keep our eyes open. Is anyone really learning anything? Probably not. However, we don't have to throw the lecture format out altogether — after all, that's what attendees...
In just 11 years, electronic requests for proposal have grown from novelty features on hoteliers' Web sites to an entire subindustry with hundreds of facilitators, templates, and tools. The technology for e-RFPs has remained relatively static over...
The Professional Convention Management Association Education Foundation has awarded $132,500 in grants for research and education projects. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research received two grants; one is for the development of a return-on...
Airfares and hotel room rates increased substantially in 2006, according to the 2006 Business Travel Monitor, which was released Monday by American Express Business Travel...
Due to an increase in the number of travelers from Canada and Mexico, the number of international visitors to the U.S. is nearly back to the level it was in 2000. However, the number of visitors from major European markets and Japan continues to...
After a particularly devastating hurricane season in 2004, Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing arm, came up with a reassuring idea: free meeting insurance for groups booking the state in August, September, or October when the storms are...
What do Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and meeting professionals Mike Burke, CMP, and Dale Fisher, CMP, have in common? While none of them belongs to a terrorist organization, airline personnel have stopped each because their names are the same as...