Despite the fact that the Meetings & Exhibitions Technology Conference (METCON), held in Rosemont, IL, in April, was a technology conference, only 21 registrants, or about 4.4 percent, registered via the Internet. That's going to change...
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) expects more than 5,500 attendees to converge at the newly expanded McCormick Place Convention Center, July 26 to 30, for ASAE Chicago 1997. About 100 educational sessions, organized in 20...
"I want members everywhere to be able to benefit from Meeting Professionals International's (MPI) programs and take part in its governance," says MPI's president-elect Anna Lee Chabot, CMP, who officially begins her term on July 1. Currently the...
Hilton Hotels Corporation's new disclosure policy created a furor among meeting planners when it was announced at January's Professional Convention Management Association meeting. The policy was designed to inform attendees when a hotel paid any...
Industry Conference Fuels Debateon Future of Meetings Technology It was the software package that was supposed to create, at long last, a standardized platform for the electronic exchange of meeting data between hotels and planners. Then, just...