ASAE Awards 104 'CAE' Credentials July 03, 2008 The American Society of Association Executives has announced that 104 association executives have recently earned its Certified Association Executive credential, joining 3,500 industry leaders worldwide.
MPI Names New Board of Directors July 03, 2008 Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has announced its 2008-2009 Board of Directors, which it seated this week for a fiscal year term beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009.
Personal Success: Taking the Spa Home By and large, a great massage is no longer sufficient, as spa experiences go. Now it's often about packages, including multiple treatments, unique extras, or goodies to take home.
Personal Success: The Organized Life Regardless of where it is that you work, creating an effective work environment helps to boost productivity and satisfaction. Here are a few products that will keep you more organized, both at your desk and when you travel for business.
Food & Beverage: The Zen of Menu Planning Feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of creating harmony and balance in an environment through the careful arrangement of objects, has been quietly making its way into the meeting room. Now, the Westin New York at Times Square is offering a feng shui-inspired meetings menu.
MEETING PACKAGE: Red Lion Hotels Gives Planners '100,000 Reasons to Meet' Red Lion Hotels¿which owns more than 50 properties in the western United States¿is offering meeting planners the chance to earn 100,000 bonus points in its loyalty program, the Red Lion R&R Club, for meetings that are both booked and held before Dec. 30, 2008.
State of the Industry 2008: It's All About You Who are today's meeting planners, and what's important to them? That's what MeetingNews set out to find in its latest survey of more than 300 professionals. We guarantee plenty of surprises. Turn to page 36 for in-depth reports on industry trends planners face.
Slowing economy takes its toll on meeting programs With the softening economy making the news every day, it's no surprise that the latest MeetingNews survey of 344 corporate and association meeting planners showed that a majority of planners are now having their budgets slashed. Corporate planners are feeling the sting slightly more than association planners: 66 percent of the corporate planners polled said their budgets have already been reduced, versus 52.5 percent among association planners.
Food and beverage events getting costlier & more complex With a weakening economy, the pressure on planners to stretch their budgets in all areas of meeting planning has intensified, and with food and beverage playing such a large role in events, the impact is undeniable. In fact, nearly two-thirds of the almost 400 planners who took part in a recent MeetingNews survey on the topic said that creating successful F&B events has become more of a challenge in the past year.
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For meeting planners across all industries, Successful Meetings educates and provides resources for all levels of corporate, association and independent meeting managers and buyers about how to create and execute all types of meetings.
MeetingNews - the pulse of the industry, informs and provides resources for all levels of managers and buyers responsible for meetings, conventions, trade shows and incentives about events shaping the industry.
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