While Boston and Springfield, MA, opted to wait for state funds before beginning construction of new convention centers, the city council of Worcester, MA, made a gutsy move. It went ahead with a $39.5 million convention center project 42 miles...
Future bookings at the Providence (RI) Convention Center increased 105% in 1997, reports the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. To achieve such growth, Providence has invested one billion dollars in reshaping the city. In...
In late August, the Broward County Commission approved construction of a 500-room, $63 million Crown Plaza Hotel to be built adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale (FL)/Broward County Convention Center. Construction begins in this month and is...
President Clinton was the guest speaker at the annual State Leaders Conference of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA. Clinton asked for support of voluntary school...
The Hickory Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina has named Wendy Michelle Morefield sales manager. Previously, she served as tourism sales manager for the Charlotte (NC) Convention & Visitors Bureau...
With hotel owners' emphasis on ROI, "hoteliers are now more like accountants," says Robert C. Harvey, who has just retired after serving 26 years as convention director for the National Council of Teachers of English in Urbana, IL...
Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority has launched a new service, FocusOne, to provide more efficient, cost-effective service for exhibitors at McCormick Place and Navy Pier...
The Audit Bureau of Verification Services (ABVS), a subsidiary of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, last year launched a service providing independent audits of tradeshow attendance figures. Now ABVS's Expomark program is offering clients an...
It seems like yesterday, but more than five years have passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect. Today, most meeting planners know to take ADA requirements into consideration on site visits, during negotiations, and...
The Convention Liaison Council (CLC) has taken the first step toward developing industry standards or recommended practices in the meeting, convention, and exposition industry by authorizing the hiring of a consultant with expertise in technology...