The latest hires, promotions and meetings industry announcements:
Tara Gordon was named vice president of meetings, conventions and incentive travel (MCIT) for the Toronto CVB.
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) named Ole Bo Larsen director of European operations.
Scott Gutz became chief operating officer of Amadeus North America.
Jim Fausel, CMP, CMM, 73, passed away of complications [...]
Major meetings and events were disrupted by a tornado that cut a six-mile swath through downtown Atlanta Friday, March 14. Events lost over the weekend included the Atlanta Home Show, a dental convention and much of the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament. Estimated damage to the city is in excess of $250 million.
How do you develop a video game to help meeting planners? That was the question tackled by students and faculty from Champlain College, who flew from Vermont to Houston to work on gamelets they presented to the MPI PEC-NA attendees on Feb. 5. Here’s their story.
Doug Kennedy, president of the Kennedy Training Network, has compiled a useful list of tips to help you and your attendees become green travelers.
For a taste of what’s new in hotel technology, check into the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center in Alabama, which opened last month.
Later this year, Sabre Travel Network plans to launch an Enterprise 2.0 Community Platform that will allow employees locally and globally to share their knowledge base about travel and other topics of shared interest.
The Convention Industry Council has released version 3.0 of its APEX Toolbox, software for occasional and junior planners that helps them use industry-wide data standards to create industry-specific items such as housing forms, rooming lists and event specifications guides.
Marriott International has teamed up with Studio 54 legend Ian Schrager to launch its first boutique hotel brand, Edition.
