When attendees convene in Tampa, Fla., next month at RCMA's 30th Anniversary Conference and Exposition, they will do so in a spirit of celebration, faith, and confidence, and they will come together under a theme, “Currents of Change,” that will...
Omaha, Nebraska's, new $281 million, 336,200-square-foot convention center and arena is scheduled to open in August 2003. The flexible main exhibition hall will offer 195,000 square feet of continuous flat floor area. The center's horseshoe-shaped...
In this time of heightened awareness of security and safety, what is the responsibility of meeting planners to address these issues? In a nutshell, a planner's legal obligation is to refrain from conduct that creates an unreasonably great risk of...
The latest meeting registration products represent a quantum leap from the days of the basic online registration form. These new products allow you to create a registration form in minutes and make it match your Web site. And customization options...
Deciding to go forward with a late-September press trip to Switzerland, I found the Alps to be a wonderful balm. Their ancient, craggy peaks seemed to remind our group of numbed Americans that “this too shall pass.” And then there was the...
Attending to details has always been crucial to the success of an overseas event, but September's terrorist attacks have magnified the importance of those details. Every aspect of a program, from shipping materials to transporting and housing...
“Right now, all you can do is read the developing issues and trust your guts. There are no guidelines to point the way,” says Steven Hacker, president of the Dallas-based International Association of Exhibition Managers...