By the sound of it, impending doom has cast its shadow on the meetings industry.
As fallout from TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Program), the tax-paying citizenry and the folks that proudly make their living stoking their fear and anger—the media and politicians—are fired up about meetings and events spend.
The people footing the bill for TARP certainly don’t want to see their money spent on “boondoogle” programs. The problem, however, is that the firestorm has resulted in a “chilling effect” throughout the industry, with perfectly respectable meetings being cancelled.
To get ahead of the regulatory curve, major meetings industry associations have banded together to lobby the federal government—even issuing their own set of recommended meetings spend guidelines.
To get the word out, we’ve added a special TARP section to our website, MeetingsFocus.com, and brought you a free Special Report Trumping TARP webinar April 29, which is now available on-demand.
In the meantime, keep up the pressure and professionalism.
