Hotels are making unprecedented concessions these days, including no-attrition guarantees. But what if you negotiated your contract before the market turned to the buyer’s favor? If you’re facing attrition now, is it too late to get in on a deal...
A small group of politicians and event industry leaders gathered for a breakfast meeting on the final day of NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International, to discuss how meetings and events can be p...
Exhibit space, exhibitors, attendance, and revenues: Each of these key indicators of the exhibition industry’s health dropped in 2008, resulting in the first overall decline for this market since 2002, according to the Center for Exhibition...
The Iowa State Senate approved a healthcare reform bill on March 19 that includes a ban on gifts to physicians and other healthcare practitioners. The bill, which must be approved by the Iowa House of Representatives before it’s adopted, comes on...
The mission of the Meeting Industry Ladies Organization—or MILO, as it’s known in the biz—has always been golf and networking. Now, the only “for women only” national organization in our industry is adding another element to its annual golf event...
About 200 association professionals met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week to voice their opinions on issues of importance to associations, including meetings and conventions...
Have religious meetings ever been more important to the meetings industry than they are right now? Everywhere you turn, there's news that corporate and business meetings are being canceled...
