Effects of Disasters—Natural and Unnatural—on Meeting Cities
May 04, 2010
Crisis preparedness is a key meeting planning skill.
Hospitality Leaders Rally for Arizona
May 03, 2010
Arizona meetings are getting support from hospitality industry leaders, including the U.S. Travel Association, which has called for an end to the convention boycott called in response to the controversial new immigration law, S.B. 1070. Meanwhile...
InXpo Integrates Social Networking in Virtual-Event Service
May 03, 2010
InXpo has rolled out its new Social Suite, which makes two significant upgrades to its virtual-event platform: integration with major social networking sites and a menu of games that can be used to engage the audience...
Arizona Convention Boycott Called in Reaction to Immigration Law
Apr 27, 2010
A new immigration bill, S.B. 1070, which was signed into law in Arizona on April 23, has thrust the state into the center of a controversy and provoked local protests as well as a national call for convention boycotts...
StarCite Adds One-on-One Meeting Scheduling Tool
Apr 27, 2010
StarCite, the Philadelphia-based meetings management technology company, announced yesterday that it has integrated a new scheduling tool for one-on-one meetings into its attendee-management product...
Volcano Stops Keynoter but Spurs Innovation
Apr 26, 2010
Meeting professionals for COE, an organization for users of Dassault Systems PLM solutions products, were glued to the news of the Icelandic volcano that began erupting on April 14. The COE Annual PLM Conference and Technifair was set to open on...
Commentary: Dividing the Pie at McCormick Place
Apr 26, 2010
There may be more than meets the eye behind the high-stakes battle over labor rates and terms of work at Chicago’s McCormick Place...
Commentary: Is Eyjafjallajokull Just an Opening Act?
Apr 20, 2010
Who would have thought that volcanic ash from Iceland would ground air traffic around the world, with cancellations cascading from Europe to North America and Asia in a matter of days...
Eruption Disruption: Meetings Scramble After Flight Cancellations
Apr 20, 2010
The unprecedented paralysis of European airspace as a result of atmospheric ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has had widespread consequences for meetings and events throughout Europe. It’s also disrupted meetings in the U.S. and...
Hotel Industry Forecast Improves as Construction Drops Off
Apr 16, 2010
It looks like this year won’t be quite as bad as anticipated for the hotel industry, after all...
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