The Rosemont (Ill.) Convention Center and the Riggers and Decorators unions have signed an agreement designed to cut exhibitors' costs by about 10 percent. The unions agreed to reduce the hours during which workers are paid overtime, and will now...
Bristol Hotels & Resorts will rebrand 25 hotels to Crowne Plaza, the upscale brand of Holiday Hospitality, by 1999. Three Dallas properties (Crowne Plaza Suites Dallas, Crowne Plaza Dallas Market Center, and Crowne Plaza North Dallas/Addison)...
Act One: Seeing the Light Once upon a time in 1995, there was a Christmas party in the Boston suburb of Cohasset. A man named Bob Motley approached a man named Brian Layton, a neighbor and acquaintance, with an idea for an Internet reservation...
The Ghost of Christmas Past Christmas season in New York City had always been a great time to book a meeting--a time that garnered the association great hotel rates, says Shelley E. Griffin, CMP, conference manager with the Archaeological...
What's the Difference? Listen to what Jim Whitman has to say on the subject of resort negotiations. Whitman is senior vice president, associate member programs, for the National Association of Chain Drugstores in Alexandria, Va....
Andrew Poultney has been named director of operations for the year-old National Trade Centre in Toronto. Previously, Poultney was director of operations for both the Indiana Convention Center and the RCA Dome. He is, however, a native Torontonian.*
Gaylord Entertainment Company in Nashville, Tenn., has appointed Jack J. Vaughn chairman of its newly formed hotel management company, Opryland Lodging Group. Vaughn had served as president of Opryland Hospitality and Attractions division...
In a free-ranging discussion of association management software and meeting planning needs at METCON '98 in early April, developers took heat on support and functionality, but when the talk turned to standards, the heat changed direction...
A music licensing reform amendment, attached to a copyright term extension bill, which passed the House on March 25, scoring an important victory for the meetings and trade show industry, now faces a threat from the Senate...