Since 9/11, planners have increasingly become aware of the potential for disaster during meetings, and the potentially disastrous legal issues that could result from their liability for injuries or deaths that happen at their meetings. But they...

Questions every planner should ask...

Palm trees waved in the tropical air. Scores of surfers dotted the flat, blue Pacific expanse, resting on their boards for hours at a time, like hens awaiting their eggs. The slim crescent of Waikiki Beach curved up the island, ringed by...

Tight budgets and tough ROI have companies scaling down entertainment. Event planners suggest several ways to cut costs in a way that qualifiers won't notice...

The Convention Industry Council's Project Attrition, a national, two-phase project launched by CIC this year, is researching the scope and size of the attrition problem, attendee behavior and motivators to book outside the block, and the role of...

HOTEL Asia Pacific magazine offers a free, downloadable PDF-format checklist with close to 60 security-related concerns hotels should address. "Following the bomb in Jakarta, it is essential that every hotel reviews its security arrangements. The...

...

Some organizations, including the Philadelphia-based American Association for Cancer Research, provide education specific to women's professional development during their annual meetings (see page 24 for MM's gender survey results). But AACR takes...