Here's an interesting statistic: One in every 14 laptop computers is stolen within a year of purchase. Here's another: The estimated cost of such loss to business is $8 billion a year...

A survey by the Meeting Professionals International Foundation released in early November reveals both the profound blow dealt to the meeting industry by the suicide hijackings of September 11 and hope for a relatively quick recovery...

Robert M. Lander is now president and CEO of the Austin (Texas) Convention and Visitors Bureau, succeeding Ric Luber. Lander comes from the Greater Phoenix CVB, where he was executive vice president...

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When the floppy drive became a relic of the 20th century, its obsolescence left many of us scratching our heads. If our fancy new laptops lacked floppy drives, how would we exchange files? IBM has the answer, and its new gadget makes a heck of an...

When we asked Editor-at-Large Dave Erickson to interview journalist James Fallows about his experience at the helm of the Agenda 2002 conference, we imagined the article might include Fallows' insights into the conference industry, and perhaps...

A light bulb lit up over Jay Fortgang's head last spring when he read an article in the San Jose Mercury News about someone who was helping bankrupt dot-coms liquidate their hardware. Since hotels typically issue credits for cash deposits on...

"HelmsBriscoe can be the Starbucks of the meeting industry," said Roger Helms, president and CEO of HelmsBriscoe, in a speech to the company’s associates in early December. "Our long-term goal is to become a brand name with every person who has...

When it worked, it worked,” says David Larkin, CEO of TSNN.com, prime mover behind Expo Tech Expo, the world's first online, 3-D trade show for the event industry. Held September 20 and 21, Expo Tech Expo was an attempt to recreate the look and...

The good news is that 2002 is a go. That's the word as of late September from a panel of meetings industry veterans who assembled at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco to discuss the repercussions of September 11. The immediate future...