Attendance at the 2008 Motivation Show, held last week at Chicago’s McCormick Place, reflected the jitters the entire nation was feeling over the failure of some of the country’s largest financial institutions. While pre-registration was up over...

The crowd at last week’s Motivaton Show was abuzz with talk of the economy and the future of meetings and incentives. That buzz started in a Tuesday morning session room, where a panel of experts offered their thoughts on the state of the industry...

The challenges facing meeting managers and travel buyers in 2009 will be much the same as in 2008, but they’ll be facing them in an increasingly tough environment, according to analysts from American Express Business Travel...

While the upheaval in the financial world in the past several weeks is likely to mean rising unemployment and a possible recession, the financial services industry is sure to be hard hit. And that means more uncertainty for meeting and corporate...

Meeting Professionals International held the first event to be certified as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s BS 8901, a standard for sustainable events developed as a guide for planning the 2012 Olympic Games...