The latest on the destinations, food and beverage, speakers, and technology behind the business of meeting planning.
10 Years After: More Networking 03/22/2010
Don't worry. More than 1,100 of your colleagues around the world remain convinced the tradeshow-convention-meeting business still will be around in 10 years, although it might look just a bit different than it does now. That's the initial conclusion of the Convention 2020 survey conducted by Fast Future Research on behalf of several business travel-related organizations. More
USTA's Roger Dow Will Keynote the TSW Fastest 50 08/17/2009
One of the travel industry's top leaders, Roger J. Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Assn. – who has gone above and beyond in touting the message that travel and meeting business matter to the world – will be the keynote speaker at the Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 weekend, Nov. 13-15 in Houston.
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Conference Content: Meeting Expectations By Stephanie Corbin - 08/03/2009
For years, educational content has been the driving force behind industry association meetings. It provides additional training, exposure to new ideas and concepts and professional accreditation. But education sessions often were overlooked when people in the industry talked about the meetings, often focusing on the parties and networking events that surround the education.
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Small Planners: Meetings Still Have Might By Stephanie Corbin - 07/06/2009
The economy is giving meeting planners worries, but for some smaller companies, adjustments are being made to compensate for the changing business environment. Those alterations include renegotiating contracts, new marketing techniques, clients cutting offsite events and reducing the length of meetings.
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July Marks Busy Month for Industry Meetings By Rachel Wimberly - 07/06/2009
July is a busy month on the industry meeting calender, with Meeting Professionals Intl.’s and Exhibitor Appointed Contractor Assn.’s annual events on tap, as well as Natl. Trade Productions’ TS². First up is MPI’s World Education Congress July 11-14 in Salt Lake City.
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Meetings Industry Sees Tough Times Ahead By Rachel Wimberly - 07/06/2009
There are few sectors of the economy that haven't been impacted by the global recession, but the meetings industry has been hit particularly hard, grappling with not only inevitable drops in attendance and cancellations, but also falling hotel rates, clients' reduced budgets and nagging perception issues.
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Fewer Meetings Are on the Horizon 06/29/2009
Meeting planners are dealing with a double whammy when it comes to doing business right now. First, the global economic downturn has put a damper on the number of meetings booked. Second, the meetings universe also has had to grapple with image, publicity and public policy concerns.
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Organizers, Contractors Cautiously Optimistic By Michael Hart - 06/29/2009
Nobody’s happy, but things could be worse. That seemed to be the mood of the nearly 200 attendees who gathered June 11 in Washington, D.C., for the Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum, as well as the estimated 150 attendees who met a week later at the Exhibition Services & Contractors Assn. Summer Educational Conference in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
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BEHIND THE STORY Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week March 16, 2010 Arms Around Chicago
Thank goodness the editors and writers at Tradeshow Week are not forced to write abou... More
Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week March 5, 2010 UBM’s $1 Investment
Elsewhere on our Web site you can see the news that United Business Media will repris... More
OFF THE SHOWFLOOR Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 26, 2010 The Other Side of the Pen
Back in December, I gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Tiffany Hsu, one of t... More
Off the Showfloor Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 9, 2010 A Badge of Honor
Last week, I visited my home state, Ohio, for a few days on invitation to attend the ... More
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