It is important to understand the new rules on corporate sponsorship, which the Internal Revenue Service expects to finalize soon. The IRS proposal focuses on the nature of the benefits received by a sponsor in return for its payment. Where a...

Meeting planners are always on the look-out for tangible ways to enhance the quality of meeting attendees' experience. Have you thought about how pre-framing your participants' perception and leveraging the meeting agenda can work to supercharge...

More associations meet downtown than anywhere else, but the ongoing hotel seller's market calls for planners to tap some creative tactics when booking downtown...

The six-month lead time modeled here unfortunately is often a luxury nowadays. It can be compressed into three months if need be...

This scheduling timeline for a large international meeting and exhibit was adapted from a project management template, with 18 months lead time. There are typically more than 250 tasks on the template...

In part one of a two-part article, tech guru Doug Fox analyzes five of the top ten technology trends affecting meetings and trade shows...

RCM Staff Report You see them on all your favorite Web sites: Those useful buttons that can, with a click of your mouse, take you to a related site of interest. In the case of a hotel chain, you can usually hyperlink from one hotel to another...

When Zagat Speaks If you're looking for info on consumer choices for the best in accommodations, the 2001 edition of Zagat Survey's Top U.S. Hotel, Resorts and Spas is a good source. The latest guide polled 19,600 frequent travelers, 900 of them...

Sometimes coming in under budget isn't about cutting expenses but about working smarter. Here are 87 tips for doing just that...

Passkey, TravelCLICK Go for Single-Property Events The recent partnership between the Quincy, Mass. - based Passkey (www.passkey.com) and TravelCLICK (www.travelCLICK.com) will spawn a new meeting planning tool for hotels and single-property...