Stung by recent losses of major association meetings, leaders in Chicago have appointed a task force to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the way convention business is conducted in the city. The effort is aimed at making the city more competitive...

An atheist group in Australia has accused the government of discrimination, because it refused to financially support the atheist group's world conference in Melbourne but gave more than $2 million to a religious conference...

The exhibition industry declined 13.5 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2008, marking the sixth straight quarter that the industry has posted year-over-year drops, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research...

The researchers found that 84 percent of respondents had attended one or more exhibitions in the past three years. On average, respondents had the opportunity to attend 7.6 events related to their careers during that period and attended 2.8 of...

A very important change implemented for our 2009 annual meeting was a very deliberate, strong push toward ‘going green.’ ...

Resilient Florida continues to enhance its appeal to groups, large and small.

In our cover story, the executive director of the Independent College Bookstore Association, Stacy Waymire, describes how his organization made the successful change to a hosted-buyer model for the ICBA annual meeting. As you ponder how your...

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The Mid-Atlantic states have lots that's new to offer meeting-goers, even in this dank economy.