Names in the News – September 2010
Wednesday, Aug 25The Green Lodging initiative, developed by the general manager of The Chattanoogan, receives the Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award, David Caine is named director of events for the Branson Convention Center and ..read more
Names in the News – July 2010
Wednesday, Aug 25Darrel C. Jones retires as president and CEO of Florida’s Emerald Coast CVB, Jason Outman becomes director of sales for the Columbia Metropolitan CVB and the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in South Carolina and ..read more
Names in the News – May 2010
Wednesday, Aug 25Paul Upchurch becomes the new president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, Jefferey B. Beckelman resigns as president and CEO of the Palm Springs Desert Resorts CVA and ..read more
Names in the News – November 2009
Tuesday, Aug 24Greg Cook is named general manager of the Eden Roc Renaissance in Miami, Paula Hughes is appointed executive director of MPIF and ..read more
Names in the News – September 2009
Tuesday, Aug 24James S. Goodman, CMP appointed managing vice president of the American Dental Association’s (ADA) Division of Meetings and Conference Services, David Peckinpaugh joins HelmsBriscoe and more ..read more
Control what you can
Tuesday, Aug 17By Christine Born
What’s the next thing to fear beyond hurricanes, oil spills and terrorism disrupting your meetings? Solar storms. Emergency preparation is important and there are things you can do that are in your ..read more
Drilling down
Wednesday, Aug 4By Christine Born
With a tropical storm moving toward them, participants at DMAI’s International Annual Convention in a steamy Fort Lauderdale at the end of July got a reminder about the touchy nature of marketing to meeting planners ..read more
Signs of optimism spring up
Thursday, May 13By Christine Born
I recently returned from a round of advisory council meetings with planners for all types of associations from government groups to sports groups. While they all agreed that they were paying closer attention to the ..read more
Case Study: North American Bridge Championships
Thursday, May 6
By Libby Hoppe
The ACBL just wrapped up its spring championship in Reno. Planner Jeff Johnston shared with us how he handles a week of competition with more than 4,000 bridge players (including one very familiar computer ..read more
Top job
Wednesday, Jan 6By Christine Born
Meeting planning placed 8th in U.S. News’ “Best Careers of 2010” report based on the Labor Department’s new job growth projections for 2008-2018. According to the report, the number of jobs planners hold is forecast ..read more
