What can you say about the challenge of booking rooms for a citywide convention in today's era of diminishing hotel blocks and dwindling overflow availability? If you're like Kati Quigley, CMP, director of conferences and education with the...
With a $7 billion renaissance transforming Atlantic City from a gaming town into an all-around resort, the city is actively courting meetings and conventions. The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (ACC&VA) has implemented "AC...
Chicago's newly elected governor, George H. Ryan, has appointed his former campaign manager as the CEO of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which manages McCormick Place and Navy Pier. Scott R. Fawell, who was not available for an...
Veteran meeting planner Ann J. Boehme has written a book about basic meeting planning techniques for administrative assistants who have no experience in planning events or conferences. Published by the American Management Association, Planning...
Last year it was the hand-over (from British rule to Chinese), this year it's the Asian economic crisis. Hong Kong has faced challenges of late assuring travelers that things are stable...
* Two new hotels are online for Indianapolis, part of the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome. A 600-room Marriott is planned across the street from the center's main entrance. The $90 million hotel will include extensive...
After months of negotiating, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, Chicago's trade show unions, and McCormick Place have finally reached an agreement to cut costs and hassles for meeting planners. Effective January 1, 1999, the new agreement...
Best Western International in Phoenix has appointed James P. Evans president and CEO. A 30-year hospitality industry veteran, Evans most recently served as senior vice president for Promus...
Unfortunate as the Bill Myers case is, it has focused the attention of the meeting industry on the issue of sexual harassment, an issue people need to think about, asserts James H. Youngblood, director, meetings and exhibits, American Heart...