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Gov. Travel Budgets Headed for Whopping Cuts
In the wake of the GSA scandal, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget late Friday, May 11, issued a memorandum that proposed cutting travel budgets for government agencies by 30 percent every year through 2016... Read more >>
AIBTM Adds Six ROI, RFP Sessions
The three-day networking event, held June 19 – 21 in Baltimore will feature a full day of education, followed by two days of exhibitions... Read more >>
W New York Finishes Renovation
W Union Square in New York City has completed a full renovation of its 270 guestrooms as well as its Extreme Wow and Wow suites... Read more >>
Valley Forge Hotel Activity is Rampant
The hotel hoopla that started in late 2010 in Montgomery County and the Valley Forge area shows no signs of slowing down... Read more >>
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Ohio
Few destinations do history, culture and fun like Ohio. Any state that celebrates the Rolling Stones and the Wright Brothers knows how to throw an amazing party... Read more >> |
Pennsylvania
Flanked by treasures such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Franklin Institute and Rodin Museum, Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, known as “Museum Mile,” ranks among the world’s leading cultural thoroughfares... Read more >> |
Providence
Rhode Island’s capital city is an excellent choice for planners seeking to save money without shortchanging their meeting groups. Combine Providence’s second-tier prices with its big-city offerings of culture... Read more >> |
Buffalo/Niagara Falls
Buffalo’s meetings and conventions business continues to increase. Historic buildings are being reborn, and large ballroom space has been added to the central business district where the primary convention facility has undergone a makeover... Read more >> |
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Baby Boomers and Social Media
The statistics are constantly changing about which demographics are growing on which social networks, so I won’t even bother looking it up now to publish for this article – because it will change tomorrow! What doesn’t change, and what is harder to measure, is the possibility of personality having more to do with social network adoption than age... Read more >>
3 Concepts Planners Should Grasp Between Wi-Fi and Broadband Services
“I’m going to need 150 Mbps for each attendee.” If you catch yourself spouting off IT terms but aren’t really sure what it is you’ve just requested, there’s hope. IT does IT for a reason, they get “it”. For someone who wants to make an educated choice about IT services and not regret it later, Kevin Hall the Systems Analyst for The National Conference Center sat down with me... Read more >> |
What's That Meeting Worth?
Three years have passed since the global economic downturn pushed the meetings industry on its back.
Industry veterans and analysts say the 2009 fall happened largely because the industry didn’t have information about the value of meetings, with which it could counter criticism from politicians, pundits and business leaders. Meetings became easy targets for budget cuts and cancellations. Planners lost their jobs and hotels went bankrupt....
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Lost in the Clouds
For close to two years, pharmaceutical and medical meeting planners have been gearing up for the start of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA, or the “Sunshine Act”), which initially required companies to start tracking payments to physicians and teaching hospitals at the beginning of this year... Read more >>
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| UPCOMING WEBINAR MAY 23rd: Feeds & Needs |
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What’s the most important tech topic of 2012? It’s mastering a tool that allows you to get out from under the avalanche of information and create content-rich sites for attendees. Social curation makes you a content publisher, as well as provides tools to manage information flow. This free webinar, presented May 23 by meetings industry tech educator James Spellos, will teach you about social curation, social bookmarking and RSS and allow you to identify 10 curation tools that can help you publish and manage information as well as tablet-specific tools to help deliver customized content.
Click here to register. Sponsored by Colonial Williamsburg.
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Top-Notch Texas Teambuilding
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has truly taken off all over the country, but it’s hard to picture a prominent hotel property doing it any better than the Omni Fort Worth, which has even created a website around its ongoing efforts in the community... Read more >>
Shining in Charlottesville
The Boar’s Head, a 175-room resort situated on 573 acres in the Virginia countryside near Charlottesville, has completed its extensive renovation project... Read more >>
Scottsdale Summer Special
CopperWynd Resort & Club, a boutique property in the Scottsdale, Ariz. area, is offering a special deal on group rates during the summer season, now through September 16, starting at $99 per night for groups. ...
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Short Takes
World Yacht announced the addition of Rendezvous, a modern motor yacht with a lounge and dining room, to its fleet. The 112-foot yacht has a 149-person capacity. From the water, groups will see spectacular views of the New York City skyline. Rendezvous also has a dance floor, cocktail bar and two interior decks. Onboard catering is available. The three other ships in the fleet can accommodate from 50 to 500 people. Cruises depart Pier 81 on the west side of Manhattan, located within walking distance of Times Square... Read more >>
Site Scene
Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel and Casino unveiled plans for a $50 million room redesign, which is scheduled for completion in July. Borgata welcomes groups with more than 70,000 square feet of event space, private dining options and 161,000 square feet of gaming. The redesign will refresh the property’s 1,566 classic guest rooms... Read more >>
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