Theme-park news for 2009 can be described with one word: discounts. To maintain market share and keep the turnstiles moving, parks have been discounting admission fees and hotel prices. Opportunities should exist for you to negotiate good rates...
The meetings industry has gotten the attention of the Obama administration and has a strong supporter in Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, according to a high-ranking official with the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, speaking at the...
As America’s enjoyment of waterparks grows, new construction of waterparks continues and the facilities are great options for religious youth and family events. Two trends are at work with waterpark growth, according to the World Waterpark Associ...
On July 1, the Georgia World Congress Center will be the first convention center to roll out the Worker Identification System, a technology that enables facility management to identify exhibition workers electronically and to ensure that the right...
Exhibit Surveys Inc., a Red Bank, N.J.–based provider of research metrics and tools for exhibitions and trade shows, has partnered with Dunwoody, Ga.–based event consulting firm Constellation Communication Corp. to offer an online planning tool...
Digital media are becoming an increasingly important part of the marketing mix for corporate and exhibition management professionals, according to a report issued last week by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research and the experience...
Meetings and conventions were a bright spot for many associations over the past year, but now almost two out of three association executives are bracing for declining revenues—including meeting revenues—in the coming months, according to a survey...
Betsy Myers, chief operating officer and senior advisor for the Obama for America campaign, will take the stage on July 10 to accept Meeting Professionals International’s first RISE Award on behalf of her organization...
County officials in Des Moines have voted unanimously to renovate and expand Veterans Memorial Auditoriuma decision that Des Moines convention officials believe will help the city land bigger meetings and events...
