"I've done everything I could do in meetings, but I didn't want to get out of the association business." When you're Jacy Hanson, a 17-year association veteran, with 10 of those years as national meetings services division director for the...

With 20 years' worth of stories to tell--and advice to share--ASTA's Liz Culkin says mastering a few basics is the best way to successfully manage overseas events...

From the photos in your brochures to the contracts you have with speakers, copyright laws come into play in just about every phase of the event planning process. Here are a half dozen key copyright concerns...

It's an 'Up-selling' World, So Get Creative "With this seller's market [in convention center space], there's been a spate of up-selling," says Douglas L. Ducate, president and CEO of Chicago-based Center for Exhibition Industry Research. "To quote...

It's an 'Up-selling' World, So Get Creative "With this seller's market [in convention center space], there's been a spate of up-selling," says Douglas L. Ducate, president and CEO of Chicago-based Center for Exhibition Industry Research. "To quote...

Ritz Restructures Commissions: Will Other Hotel Companies Follow Suit...

Ritz Restructures Commissions: Will Other Hotel Companies Follow Suit...

The 7th edition of the Convention Industry Council Manual brings meeting planning into the new millennium...

It's an 'Up-selling' World, So Get Creative "With this seller's market [in convention center space], there's been a spate of up-selling," says Douglas L. Ducate, president and CEO of Chicago-based Center for Exhibition Industry Research. "To quote...

Dot-coms Align, Emerge, Even Give It Away The latest dot-com pairing will have b-there.com (www.b-there.com) offering its meeting planner users the opportunity to add a direct link to the travel booking capabilities of GetThere (www.getthere.com)...