You have the details of your hotel or convention center meeting under contract. Yet the success of your meeting may well depend on the satisfactory performance of vendors. Let's review some of the common issues-the nuts and bolts-of vendor...
The largest enclosed shopping and entertainment complex in America has become a destination in its own right. The Mall of America in Bloomington, MN has recently added UnderWater World, a 1.2-million-gallon interactive, multisensory aquarium and...
What do successful continuing professional education programs have in common? Are the qualities one expects to find in successful programs the ones that have actually helped them climb to the top? How are those success-ful programs similar to one...
PGI, an Arlington, VA­p;based global events, entertainment, exhibitions, and business communications company, purchased Regency Productions, an event production and entertainment marketing subsidiary of Hyatt Corporation...
After 34 years as Boston's leading convention sales professional, Paul Lanigan, senior convention sales manager at The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, retired at the end of March. Lanigan leaves having solicited and booked a...
HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS Thomas R. Schedler, CAE, has been appointed executive director of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, based in Park Ridge, IL. Most recently, Schedler was president of Schedler and Associates, a management...
Some 250 members from ten meeting industry organizations brought their message to Capitol Hill on Legislative Action Day in March. Spearheaded by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the chief sponsor of the event, the group visited 65...
PGI, an Arlington, VAp;based events, entertainment, exhibitions, and business communications company, has acquired the Destination Showcase trade show from the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (IACVB). The events are...
The Mile-High City is looking like the come-back kid. With Denver's new Coors Field drawing crowds and giving a new lease on life to the city's Lower Downtown (LoDo) area, Denver International Airport's (DIA) baggage-handling problems finally...