A more compact meeting schedule will mark the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting when the group gets together in Phoenix, June 14–15 at the Phoenix Convention Center...
Florida’s Tampa Bay & Company recently announced that the Philadelphia Church of God will be bringing its Feast of Tabernacles meeting to the city for three consecutive years, beginning in 2012...
Strategic use of social media and market research are the major marketing concerns facing association meeting planners and exhibition organizers in gaining attendees, according to a survey conducted for the Attendee Acquisition Roundtable...
The Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority has tapped SMG, the world’s largest manager of public assembly facilities and convention centers, operating 220 worldwide, to run Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center. SMG, in turn, hired...
The exhibition industry declined 2 percent in 2010, marking the third straight year that the industry finished the year in negative territory, according to the CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas. The good...
The Meetings Technology Expo, dormant since 2009, will open its doors in New York City May 25 for a one-day show covering the fast-moving world of meetings technology...
IMEX America, the meetings industry show launching in October in Las Vegas, hopes to attract some up-and-coming technology talent with its Techno-How Zone Contest...
In order to keep it a “must-attend event,” the American Society of Association Executives is planning some changes to its annual meeting, to be held August 6–9 in St. Louis, Mo. The modifications were recommended by participants at a leadership...