When he's not refereeing Midget-A Championship ice hockey games, Professional Convention Management Association President and CEO David DuBois, CMP, CAE, these days is traveling the triangle of his home in Dallas, PCMA headquarters in Birmingham...
Michelle Jones, senior program coordinator for the U.S. Energy Association in Washington, D.C., is the lucky winner of a leather garment bag. She was randomly selected among the more than 200 respondents to our Internet survey, the results of...
This column will give you practical ideas to improve your ROI (return on investment) in marketing medical meetings. My first article (and several to follow) focuses on successful direct marketing methods, because most marketing of medical meetings...
Symbolic of South Africa's ongoing bid to attract an international mix of meetings and conventions, the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, South Africa, opens in September. The city of Sandton was chosen primarily for its convenient location...
Overseas ABC's in NYC Tackling the nuts and bolts of planning events in other countries, the fourth annual Beyond Borders Conference drew about 85 registrants to the New York Hilton Hotel & Towers in New York City in March for an information...
Web Is the Hot Place to Book a Speaker The Internet has made it easier than ever to find the right speaker for your event or meeting. The National Speakers Association (www.nsaspeaker.org) has enhanced its Web site with the addition of an online...
Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas Few cities can offer a waterfront as inviting, unique, and so well suited to groups as San Antonio's Riverwalk. Along this winding waterway are several venues that are great for private parties. One of them is the...
The Westin Resort & Spa Whistler, the largest all-suite convention hotel to be built in Whistler, B.C., welcomed its first guests in April. The 419-suite property offers more than 17,000 square feet of meeting space, the 8,000-square-foot...