Everyone knows the benefits of online registration, but the costs can be brutal. Depending on the application, your overall volume, and the terms of your credit card processing agreement, pricing tends to average between $8 and $15 per attendee —...
A year ago our cover story delved into the then-new phenomenon of attendees wreaking attrition havoc by staying outside the group room block — thanks to cheaper Internet hotel rates. (See “Busting Up the Block,” October 2002, page 22.) The article...
Located on a white-sand Atlantic-coast beach, New Jersey's new Wildwoods Convention Center offers a stress-free, high-tech meeting and convention experience, with 260,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, seasoned planners, and a meeting...
Compiling 75 articles from a range of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and periodicals, the new 600-page Travel Security Sourcebook (Omnigraphics, 2003) was published in July with information on airport security, arrests in foreign...
Convention officials breathed a sigh of relief when registration at the American Society of Association Executive's annual convention in Hawaii this summer turned out to be about 4,100 people...
The newly expanded Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego now lays claim to being Southern California's largest hotel. On the water's edge, 18 boat slips away from the San Diego Convention Center, the Grand Hyatt has added the new 33-story Seaport...