Given the limited financing available for construction of full-service hotels, some companies are taking what may be a less costly route and converting existing buildings, such as office buildings and department stores, into hotels...
While attending a World Wide Web workshop this summer, Cynthia Lett, president of Creative Planning International in Silver Spring, MD, answered nearly as many questions from the audience as the presenter. Later she was asked to teach the course...
Obtaining travel documents for an international meeting can challenge even the most seasoned traveler. Depending on the destination, for example, meeting attendees and speakers may need to apply for visas several months in advance of the...
The Exhibition Employees Union, Local Number 829, and the New York Trade Show Contractors Association ratified a contract in which both sides gain victories and claim a new era of cooperation...
We negotiate with a hotel but when we receive the contract, some of the points we had won (and the sales manager verbally agreed to) are mysteriously missing. What do you suggest...
The Convention Liaison Council has changed one of its summer CMP exam dates from July 26 to August 2, 1997. The exam will be held at Meeting Professionals International's 1997 World Education Congress in Baltimore, MD. The other summer exam will...
In San Antonio this January, attendees who made a New Year's resolution to help others will get their chance. Working with San Antonio Habitat for Humanity, volunteers will swap business suits for sweatshirts, pick up hammers and paint brushes...
The Hawaii Visitors Bureau became the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau, reflecting the state's renewed efforts to attract meetings, according to bureau president Paul Case. In other Hawaii news, Housing On-Line, an Epic Enterprises/ PGI...
A booming economy and the vitality of expanding cities; easy access; new hotels, conference sites, amenities, and entertainment facilities; plus the charm of old-fashioned Southern hospitality-these are among the factors that are bringing meetings...
