Atlanta
Meeting and eating is what this Georgia metropolis is all about, according to Teri Craton of Destination South. "Y'all come," she says, extending an invitation to personally experience the gracious...
Convention Centers to Headquarters: Help!
A shaky economy has funds for convention center hotel projects drying up. Financiers are backing away from potential sites or seeking extensions to pony up cash pledged for headquarter properties. Some...
Here Comes Y
It's summer, the recession is waning, and the recent wave of college graduates is beginning to flow into the job market. Generation Y, also known as the millennials, echo boomers, and nexters, are...
In the Rough
The owner of the massive PGA Merchandise Show may soon decide to move the event to autumn in the wake of losing two huge exhibitors. Confidential "concept papers" obtained by the trade publication...
Meetings in Motion
Taking your best clients to the Super Bowl is a relationship- building coup. Few events can compare to the annual NFL extravaganza for sheer over-the-top excitement. That's why booking hotel rooms in...
Nothing but Blue Skies
Close your eyes and conjure an image of Richard Branson standing alongside Herb Kelleher. Now, wipe the Cheshire-cat smirk from Branson's face and flick the burning cigarette from Kelleher's mouth. What...
Start Making Sense
Interactive events are all the rage: Entertainers pull guests to the dance floor, fortune tellers bring out the tarot cards, costume and makeup stations are set up so guests can look the part. These are...
The Attendee Speaks
In the media, what inevitably followed September 11 were stories about how we're slowly but surely getting back to normal. On the other hand, Meetings in America IV, a Worldcom study released in March,...
The Cost of Doing Business?
A lawsuit filed in April by one of the owners of Marriott Hotels, CTF Hotel Holdings Inc., and unsealed by a U.S. District Court judge in May, alleges that hotel manager Marriott International took...
The DMC Dining Guide
Meeting attendees love to stuff their faces, especially after hours of PowerPoint presentations, focus groups, and motivational speeches.