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Placing Bets On The High Seas

2009-11-09

Cruise lines steer for budget-conscious executives and gaming-loving attendees with latest ships, services.

Assessing Meetings' Full Impact

2009-11-06

Carlson Marketing's Fay Beauchine pushes for more event, incentive measurement.

Meeting People

2009-11-04

Meetings industry personnel announcements from MeetingNews magazine.

Event Profile: Financial Company Meeting Attendees Break Ice

2009-11-03

Company freezes costs at Las Vegas event.

Venue Change, Low-Tech Marketing Boost Annual Promo Product Event

2009-11-02

The Promotional Products Association International in the past several years has significantly increased attendance and exhibitors at its annual exposition by changing cities, upgrading its technology tools and reversing course on its event marketing.

Amgen Advances, Standardizes Meetings Reporting Technology

2009-10-30

Amgen has pushed tech vendor StarCite to reconfigure its systems to accommodate conventions data, standardize input across business units and enhance reporting on the company's group spending.

CIC's Green Meeting Standards Nearly Done

2009-10-29

More than two years in the making, the Convention Industry Council's Accepted Practices Exchange process to create industry standards for green meetings is on pace to be completed by the end of the year.

Marriott Optimistic Despite RevPAR Loss

2009-10-28

Marriott International this month reported revenue per available room dropped more than 20 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2009, although CEO J.W. Marriott Jr. said the declines were less than expected.

SMI Back With U.S.-Approved Patent

2009-10-27

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved a meetings technology and process patent that meetings technology firm Software Management Inc. claims others in the industry infringe.

BCD M&I's Buy Taps Tech Market

2009-10-26

BCD Meetings & Incentives has embarked on an expansion with last month's acquisition of San Francisco Bay Area incentive, conference and meeting company One World Partners for an undisclosed amount.