Association Conventions and Expos

Speakers set a more subdued tone than in past years at the opening general session of Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference on Sunday. MPI officials and keynoters alike took the stage at Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace...

Elliott Ferguson has been named president and chief executive officer at Destination DC, the convention and visitors bureau for Washington...

The Green Meeting Industry Council has launched an online directory to help planners search for suppliers that are focused on environmentally responsible business practices...

The Certified Tourism Ambassador program, launched in 2006 on the premise that the best way to market a destination is through its people, recently certified its 5,000th travel-industry worker...

The Green Meeting Industry Council is growing. The nonprofit organization has launched its first official affiliate organization, the GMIC Oregon Chapter, led by Megan Rooksby, American Express Corporate Meeting Solutions. Chapters are also being...

The 910-room Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront at the Gateway Arch held its grand reopening July 1 after undergoing a $63 million renovation...

This is the busy season for religious meetings and conventions, and here are a few noteworthy items from the meeting-planning perspective...

Glen C. Ramsborg, PhD, CMP, senior director, education, Professional Convention Management Association, and longtime medical meeting planner, is leaving PCMA at the end of the month to take a position as professor, Les Roches School of Hospitality...

The demise of Verified Identity Pass Inc. has left the Registered Traveler program in disarray...

With a trade show that has long been sold out, one event producer decided to auction off the last spot for charity–on eBay...