Industry Partners

Congress Green Meeting Champion

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, D-Pa., is the prime sponsor of the Green Meetings Act (HR 3037), which requires that the federal government, as a whole, adopt the Environmental Protection Agency's standard of taking vendors' environmentally preferable features and practices into consideration when purchasing meeting and conference services. She took time recently to talk to us from her Capitol Hill office about the Green Meetings Act and other environmental issues.

Maybe Next Session

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The Green Meetings Act was inserted into the House of Representatives' energy bill last summer but was dropped from the energy legislation passed by the House December 6. Rachel Magnuson, communications director for the act's primary sponsor, Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, D-Pa., said this: It is important for individuals, businesses, and the federal government to all do their part to conserve our planet's

Who Owns that Hotel?

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EDT

There has been a seismic shift in hotel ownership the past five years as hotel chains have been selling off their real estate to focus on management. The major hotel companies made the strategic decision to divest real estate in the 1990s for three reasons, says Patrick Ford, president, Lodging Econometrics, Portsmouth, N.H.: to focus on core competencies, return profits to shareholders, and eliminate

Zero-Waste Meeting: Professional Convention Management Association 2007

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EDT

For the Professional Convention Management Association, the 2007 annual meeting, held in Toronto January 7 to 10, marked a series of firsts. It was the association's first annual meeting held outside the U.S.; it was the first international meeting held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre; and it offered members an exclusive first look at an online tool they can use to measure the performance of

IAEM: New Name, New Numbers

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EDT

The International Association for Exhibition Management's plan to broaden its membership beyond its traditional exhibition managers became official as the membership voted to change the name to the International Association of Exhibitions and Events at the Expo! Expo! annual meeting, held at the San Diego Convention Center November 28 to 30. Some big companies are moving out of conventional shows,