Hot Springs, AR began work in December on a major new convention center, three times as large as the city's present facility. By summer 1998, a new 900-foot building will stretch along Convention Boulevard, offering 75,000 square feet of clear...
The big news at the December annual meeting of the International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM) in Los Angeles was the association's endorsement of the tradeshow auditing services provided by the Audit Bureau of Verification Services...
West Coast planners who want to take advantage of the free Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association (HSMAI) Affordable Meetings conference, previously held only on the East Coast, will get their chance this April. For the first time, HSMAI is...
ITT Sheraton added to its roster in November the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver, formerly the Wall Centre Hotel. The 428-room hotel is the anchor for the mixed use, twin-tower Wall Centre, which occupies a city block in Vancouver's...
The sometimes high costs of attending a conference in Japan are being addressed with a new package offered by the Japan Convention Bureau, a division of the Japan National Tourist Organization. Package prices start at $1,280 for California...
The Austin (TX) Convention and Visitors Bureau became a private, nonprofit corporation instead of a city department as of November 1996. The purpose of the change is to allow the bureau to raise more money so it can better compete with Dallas...
With the dramatic increase in airfares in 1996, executives who plan meetings may be looking at the new year with less than great expectations. Yet many airline analysts expect fares to stabilize or decrease in 1997...
PICTURE the scene. It's several years before your organization's big meeting. You've just received the hotel's signed contract proposal incorporating all of the issues that you've negotiated with the property. All you have to do is counter-sign...
Floor-load capacities, ceiling heights, and meeting and exposition space were once the critical factors when selecting a convention center. Today, many planners are adding another criterion to the list: telecommunications capabilities. No less...
Retired General Colin L. Powell will be the keynote speaker at the 41st Annual Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) Meeting, January 8 to 11 in San Antonio, TX. In the session, sponsored by Renaissance Hotels International, Powell...