A new white paper from Meeting Professionals International, Mapping the Future of On-Site Learning, can be downloaded at www.mpiweb.org. The paper documents many of the sessions at MPI's Professional Education Conference-Europe in March in...

At the Annual meeting of the International Association of Conference Centers, held April 19-22 at The Heldrich, New Brunswick, N.J., nearly 500 conference center operators heard that while business was very, very good, the demand for conference...

The Alexandria, Va.-based National Business Travel Association has taken significant steps toward going global. Since April 2, the association has had an Asia-Pacific subsidiary — NBTA-Asia Pacific — through a merger with an organization formerly...

At the Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference-Europe in Copenhagen, association leadership announced a six-part strategy to become a more global organization...

A panel of experts gathered at MeetNow! 2007 in New Haven, Conn., to delve into the sticky ethical issues that plague the meetings and hospitality industry. The panel, part of a conference sponsored by the WestField and Connecticut River Valley...

To the outsider, Karyn Evans appears to have it all under control. A CMP and CMM, the 40-year-old is principal planner of meeting and event services for Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, mother of a 4-year-old daughter and...

There's no Doubt that Julie Johnson, CMP, CMM, director of events and incentives for Lennox International Worldwide Heating & Cooling, Richardson, Texas, has earned the proverbial seat at the table...

In mid-February, heads rolled at Meeting Professionals International when the Dallas-based association's new CEO, Bruce MacMillan let go five senior staffers: Edjuan Bailey, vice president, marketing and brand management; Dawn Myers, director of...

We've all been there: A speaker asks the audience to please turn off their BlackBerrys and cellphones. Not everyone listens. When this happened during a recent industry meeting I attended, the planner sitting next to me, BlackBerry on her lap...

Jennie Campbell, CMP, CMM, PMP, chief administrative officer, marketing and business development for Stewart Capital LLC, Metairie, La., lost everything she owned in Hurricane Katrina — including her coveted 1998 Tomorrow's Leader award from...