This year, Meeting Professionals International is aiming to do more than just educate attendees at its annual World Education Congress. In response to the challenges facing the industry, the conference, which takes place July 11 to 14 in Salt Lake...

The Convention Industry Council has endorsed the Professional Convention Management Association’s online prep course as the “official study course” for CIC’s Certified Meeting Professional exam...

As budgets tighten and corporate meeting managers find they are taking on additional work with fewer resources, many are looking for ways to automate and streamline the planning process. To take advantage of the market opportunity, American...

The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved the Travel Promotion Act, a five-year plan to attract more international visitors to the United States. The act provides for the creation of a nonprofit, public-private partnership—with an annual...

Aiming for a more recognizable brand and a sharper focus for their company, Amy Spatrisano and Nancy Wilson, co-founders of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, have renamed the company MeetGreen. The women have been in the vanguard of planning greener...

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ first and only stand-alone resort hotel, Ko' Olina, is under construction on the Hawaiian island of Oahu—but a second may not be far behind. The company just announced its purchased of a 15-acre site in the 300-acre...