When Matchstick badges communicate by infrared signal, they give attendees plenty to communicate about out loud. Guests program their badges by answering five multiple-choice questions. As people meet each other, their badge displays light up...
The ATA Carnet, issued by the U. S. Council for International Business (USCIB), New York City, is valid for a full year, for as many countries as you might enter and as many events as you have during that period--as long as the packing list stays...
After collaborating on a number of meeting industry projects, Cardinal Communications, a Berkeley, Calif.-based developer of Web sites and Web-based marketing and database applications, has acquired HMR Associates, a meetings industry technology...
Would you pay $8.95 to escape the airport circus for a half hour? You bet. Never mind that for the price a new company called Laptop Lane will give you a six-by-nine soundproof space, plus all the business equipment you need to get some work done...
Instant Brochure When the boss tells you to hit the ground running, the last thing you want to do is wait for every prospective venue to send a meeting planner's kit. Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort hears you: It has made its brochure...
Ed Simeone, CMP, has been named 1998-99 president of Meeting Professionals International. Simeone has served on MPI's international board of directors since 1996 and currently serves as MPI's vice president of finance. Simeone is manager of...
SP Meeting Minders, a placement firm specifically for event planners in the Bay area, has created a Web site to streamline the job search process. Foster City, Calif.-based ESP, which stands for Event Specialist Placement, screens candidates for...
Videoconferencing is a powerful technological solution--so powerful that sometimes we get so excited about the technology, we forget that we're supposed to use it to solve problems. Here is a four-pack of videotechnology applications to get your...
Webster, N.Y.based Fusion Productions, which specializes in meeting communications skills, has teamed up with Elliott Masie, president of the Masie Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a think-tank that explores the intersection of technology and...