CONVENTION CENTERS & BUREAUS The Washington, D.C.-based International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus has selected Michael Gehrisch as its new president and CEO. Gehrisch, who will replace Ed Nielsen as the organization's top...
ASAE POINTS TO THE FUTURE Usually, when someone gives you a single-finger gesture, it's not a good thing. But at this year's American Society of Association Executives Management & Technology Conference and Exposition (ASAE M&T) in...
NEW AND IMPROVED Hyatt has been selected to manage the new $217 million headquarters hotel across the street from Denver's Colorado Convention Center. The 1,100-room hotel will serve the center, which is expanding to 600,000 square feet of...
The New Rules of Sponsorship The IRS has proposed new rules to determine whether corporate sponsorship of an event is subject to tax as unrelated business income. Here's the deal...
CIC FORUM TACKLES TECHNOLOGY Technology's effect on the meeting industry was one of the top topics the Convention Industry Council (formerly the Convention Liaison Council), a council representing 26 associations in the meeting, convention, and...
IAEM CONFERENCE REVIEWS DOT-COM DEMISE "What a difference a year makes," said Fast Company co-founder and editor William Taylor, back for a repeat keynote presentation at the annual meeting of the International Association for Exhibition...