It may sound hokey, but I do feel like I'm back with family," says Francine Butler, PhD, CAE, CMP, who was named executive director of the Convention Liaison Council (CLC) in November. Butler helped create and launch CLC's Certified Meeting...
Very likely the first trade show took place at a crossroads, where merchants laid out their blankets to show off their wares. As the global economy continues to expand, more and more associations find themselves at a crossroads, trying to decide...
The Inn at Manitou in Toronto has opened a Golf Academy this June for guests, with special emphasis on golf instruction for women. The inn also features extensive spa and tennis amenities and packages. For more information, contact the facility at...
Heard of the "Y2K" computer problem? Most planners don't really understand it, but here's why they should...
Conference centers do meetings better than hotels do, according to a survey released by Cornell University researchers, and commissioned by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). Timothy R. Hinkins and fellow researcher Bruce...
Case Study Back to School When nearly 200 meeting professionals met last October for an educational event sponsored by Meeting Professionals International, attendees knew they were in for a classroom experience. Little did they know that they were...
An unprecedented construction boom has seized the city of Calgary, in the western province of Alberta. It's a boom fueled in part by plans to expand and renovate the city's aging convention center...
At its 1998 Annual Conference and Exposition, held in late January in Indianapolis, the Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA) attracted a record 1,301 attendees. But that is only one of the association's successes this year. At the...
Heads up, McCormick. The Osceola (Fla.) County Commission has granted initial approval for the development of the World Expo Center (WEC), a $1.1 billion, mixed-use project that includes a 2.4 million-square-foot exhibition facility. If the plan...