Colorado's largest meeting facility features 1,225 deluxe rooms, including 92 suites and a private Concorde Club level. The hotel is located only four blocks from the Colorado Convention Center. Its recent renovation added 8,000 square feet of...

By law, every employer must have a harassment policy. In the meetings context, the task is to make sure those policies work in an expanded workplace. Planners and their attendees need to combat harassment away from the traditional office setting...

Your planning can be flawless, but disappointing attendance can overshadow an otherwise wonderful meeting. The good news is that you can affect attendance by using sound marketing strategies. Here are 28 to consider...

Some say the practice of tipping began in feudal times, when lords on horseback threw gold coins at peasants to ensure safe passage through rough areas. Others say it began in 16th-century English pubs, where cash was handed to languid servers ...

Given the increasing complexity of association meetings, more planners are finding that they just can't do it all themselves. But where do you find the best contractors? When should you involve them in your planning? What do they charge? In other...

Associations will band together March 20 to 21 at the Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, to bring their message to the nation’s leaders during the American Society of Association Executives’ Annual Fly-in Program. Beginning with...

Just weeks ago David DuBois appeared beneath the new PCMA logo at the group’s annual meeting in Nashville, musing on the future of the "new PCMA," which had just embarked on its ambitious "Strategic Plan 2004." Now the Professional Convention...

According to a recent survey by eBrain Market Research (www.ebrain.com), trade shows are becoming the backbone of business travel in this post-September 11 world. Thirty-two percent of the 354 respondents to the Business Travel Survey said trade...