Conference centers do meetings better than hotels do, according to a survey released by Cornell University researchers, and commissioned by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). Timothy R. Hinkins and fellow researcher Bruce...
Case Study Back to School When nearly 200 meeting professionals met last October for an educational event sponsored by Meeting Professionals International, attendees knew they were in for a classroom experience. Little did they know that they were...
An unprecedented construction boom has seized the city of Calgary, in the western province of Alberta. It's a boom fueled in part by plans to expand and renovate the city's aging convention center...
At its 1998 Annual Conference and Exposition, held in late January in Indianapolis, the Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA) attracted a record 1,301 attendees. But that is only one of the association's successes this year. At the...
Heads up, McCormick. The Osceola (Fla.) County Commission has granted initial approval for the development of the World Expo Center (WEC), a $1.1 billion, mixed-use project that includes a 2.4 million-square-foot exhibition facility. If the plan...
Can attendees at your conferences tell from a quick glance at their program guide what meeting room to go to? Those guides may be a small part of your budget--and are often a last-minute task--but attendees rely on them for a smooth conference...
Just over 2,000 members of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) gathered in a ballroom at the Orlando World Center Marriott in late January to hear Gladys Knight deliver an inspiring keynote address (in words and song) to open MPI's 1998...
The Asia currency crisis has caused a huge drop in intra-Asia tourism, and American leisure travelers continue to avoid Asia, fearing the region's instability. The result--great bargains for meeting planners...
VOLTS (Virtual Online Trade Show Company), which began operation last May, launched its first virtual show recently-an online version of Medtrade, the largest healthcare products trade show in North America...