"If concerns about liability are going to keep associations from communicating with their members, that's a real problem," says Jim Clarke, vice president of government affairs, ASAE. His office has been closely monitoring the progress of the...
John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, MO, has named James A. Miller vice president of sales and marketing. He had been area director of sales and marketing with Westin Hotels & Resorts in Chicago...
Fifteen minutes from Norfolk (VA) International Airport, the Chesapeake Conference Center opened in late September. The facility offers Virginia's largest ballroom (20,000 square feet) and nine meeting rooms, and is within walking distance of 650...
"It's the hardest decision I have ever made," says Elissa Matulis Myers, CAE, referring to her resignation as vice president and publisher with the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)...
Four medical societies are battling the first mass tort case to hold associations liable for information presented at their seminars. Although the specifics are particular to medical organizations, the case is causing concern in the association...
North American conference organizers and meeting planners got burned when the Mexican peso suddenly plunged in 1995. "We had to cancel an exhibition," says a planner for a midsized international association based in Virginia. "We had to return...
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Corporate and association executives who are responsible for international meetings -- and designated members of their staffs, as well as suppliers representing destinations, accommodations, travel, or services...
Not long after he became the new executive director of the International Association of Assembly Hall Managers (IAAM) in August, John R. Zimmer, CAE, appointed a director of finance for the association--a CPA with corporate experience...
Jerry Kallman, Sr., has relinquished the day-to-day management of his firm, Kallman Associates, an international tradeshow marketing firm in Waldwick, NJ. Kallman, who founded the firm in 1961, will stay on in an advisory role and will pursue...
The expanded Adam's Mark Denver opened in late August, now ranking as the largest meeting property in Colorado. The 1,225-room convention property has 125,000 square feet of meeting space, including three ballrooms, 50 meeting rooms, and space for...