Once every few generations, there is a technological development that historians later realize actually amounted to a rapid transformational change for an entire profession. The job of architects, for example, was transformed with the advent of s...
In what might be a first for the head of a U.S. church denomination, the leader of the nation’s largest Lutheran church used virtual technology to lead an interactive nationwide town hall meeting...
If you’re looking down the barrel of a big cancellation penalty, a new online service could help save your budget. MeetingTrader, a clearinghouse for canceled meeting space, expects to come out of its beta-test phase in the first quarter of 2010...
With nearly 400,000 travel industry jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, both the U.S. Travel Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are urging President Barack Obama to enact legislation that...
Sue WaltonCo-owner, May and Williams Ltd., Independent Meeting Planners, Evanston, Ill. The No. 1 thing I've done this year is to give up the post office and go paperless. All my membership announcements and conference announcements are now done ...
Instead of worrying about room blocks, he's thinking about where the tents will go. Instead of fretting about food-and-beverage minimums, he's busy making sure that there are enough portable showers and toilets.
No, Vernon Byrd is not your typic...
Carina Bauer, formerly marketing and operations director for IMEX Frankfurt, has been promoted to CEO, IMEX Group, based in East Sussex, U.K. “It’s a recognition of the fact that I and other members of the team are working across both shows now...
The 16th Hall of Leaders Gala, the Convention Industry Council’s celebration of the meetings industry’s most influential people, will take place on Monday, January 11, at the Fairmont Dallas, during the annual meeting of the Professional...
