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- Category: Advice
- Why it's important to educate your hosts: September 2010 morsel
- How to develop a green communication strategy
- Social market leadership – what’s your next move?
- How to manage the (dreaded) AV RFP process
- Incorporating social media into your event marketing strategy
- Contract renegotiation tips
- Meeting room layouts designed to engage attendees
- Eight ways companies can save money on meetings and events
- Tweaking meeting package menus: August 2010 morsel
- Simple ways to streamline event décor and make a positive impression
- To give is to receive
- Ten essential competencies for relationship-centric executives, Part II
- How efficient is your registration process?
- The biggest contract trap of all
- Knee high by July: July 2010 morsel
- Six guidelines to consider when designing conference education sessions
- Ten essential competencies for relationship-centric executives, Part I
- Green transportation tips
- Facing attrition
- Ground transportation: Getting from point A to B
- How not to launch a new event space: June 2010 morsel
- Finding the best speakers and entertainment for your corporate program
- Local. Seasonal. Organic. How to green your meeting menu
- Working with off-site venues, caterers and restaurant buyouts
- The culinary X factor: May 2010 morsel
- Get smart: The Top 5 reasons you need to invest in continuing education
- What’s your social media policy?
- Contract negotiation best practices, Part II
- Does my AV professional need to be a CMP, CSEP or…?
- Innovative ways to attract exhibitors and sponsors to your event
- Contract negotiation best practices, Part I
- Talk to the chef: April 2010 morsel
- Five cheap and easy tips for livestreaming conference content
- How to conduct site inspections
- AV costs: 'Do I really have to pay for that?'
- The importance of building relationships with your hotel sales contacts
- The lost art of communication: March 2010 morsel
- Negotiating your best deal starts with a strong RFP
- Eight meeting planning steps that will save you money
- Why you should treat your AV company like your hairstylist
- Essential planning tips: from blueprints to budgets
- The danger of planning meetings by template
- How to include green requirements in RFPs
- Ice, ice baby: February 2010 morsel
- 2010 top social media trends
- Introduction to strategic meetings management
- Prove your worth
- AV Girl: Get to know your production team
- Heck yeah I’m attending the 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference!
- Get yourself "in shape" for the new meeting year
- Making the case for meeting
- The unspoken event: January 2009 morsel
- When you start your site inspection from the back seat of a limo …
- ROI metrics and measurement objectives
- AVGirl: Who's on your audiovisual team?
- How to find great rates, deals and bargains
- Finding inspiration to excel: December 2009 morsel
- How to be truly green instead of a greenwasher
- Using in-house vs. independent AV professionals
- Event marketing strategies for tough economic times
- Mission: Avoid attrition
- Beware when buying out fine dining restaurants: November 2009 morsel
- Executive retreats: 11 sins of omission
- Contracts: Getting to green
- Buffet brouhaha: October 2009 morsel
- Waste Management and You! REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE
- AVGirl: A friendly perspective from the other side of the drape
- Creating 'wow' events with unique venues
- APEX Standards: What are the objectives?
- Top 5 reasons to meet now
- Raising the bar: August 2009 morsel
- Building a business in a bad economy
- Timing is everything: July 2009 morsel
- Getting the most bang for your entertainment buck
- Straight talk about sustainability with Visit Denver's Rachel Benedick
- Bagging on boxed lunches: June 2009 morsel
- How to survive and thrive in today's economy
- Sustainable food and beverage: An interview with Tim Stein of Levy Restaurants
- Banquet 'bombs': May 2009 morsel
- Going green in five easy steps
- Brush up on 'jetiquette'
- Straight talk about sustainability with Kimpton Hotels' Scott Morgan
- Enough is enough: April 2009 morsel
- 10 tips for traveling light
- Straight talk about sustainability with event planner Jaime Nack
- The old attendant switcheroo: March 2009 Morsel
- A different kind of taste: February 2009 Morsel
- What green advice do you need?
- 152+ ways to save
- Green meetings step No. 3: Establishing and tracking metrics
- F&B cost-saving tips: January 2009 Morsel
- Green meetings step No. 2: Educate clients and attendees
- Holiday catering tips: December 2008 Morsel
- Emergent technologies for meeting professionals
- Lack of dessert choices: November 2008 Morsel
- Green meetings step No. 1: Obtain commitment from the top down
- What does service charge mean to you?
- Top 10 best 'green' practices for meeting planners
- Lost in translation: September 2008 Morsel
- It's more than the thought that counts, so don't forget the gifts!
- How to blog
- Crafting the perfect press release
- Making it harder than it needs to be: August 2008 Morsel
- A meeting planner's guide to PR
- Hip menu mess: July 2008 Morsel
- The Sweet Life: June 2008 Morsel
- Bartering: A creative way to stretch your event budget
- Tips for attracting event sponsors: Part II
- Negotiable Service Charges: May 2008 Morsel
- Tips for attracting event sponsors: Part I
- It doesn't look pretty but does it taste good? April 2008 Morsel
- What is branding, and how does it relate to events?
- Please Crumble This Cookie: March 2008 Morsel
- Cheers to the New Year: February 2008 Morsel
- What are the Associations for Hospitality Professionals?
- Working Overseas: January 2008 Morsel
- Hospitality Certifications
- Wish list: December 2007 Morsel
- Where can I find event planning answers?
- BYOB (Bring your own business center)
- Colors on the rise
- Holiday tips: November 2007 Morsel
- Beer here: October 2007 Monthly Morsel
- Using music at public events
- Garlic, garlic and more garlic: September 2007 Monthly Morsel
- Viral marketing
- Develop an event marketing strategy
- Bad menu packet presentation: August 2007 Morsel
- Cell phone etiquette
- Big-picture Banquets: July 2007 Morsel
- Tips on tipping
- Sodas at Coffee Breaks: June 2007 Morsel
- Simple Sandwich Bars: May 2007 Morsel
- Salad days: April 2007 Morsel
- Getting garnish: March 2007 Morsel
- Calculating Shrimp: February 2007 Morsel
- New Year's Wishlist: January 2007 Morsel
- Planning for Vegans: December 2006 Morsel
- Avoid Hotel Captivity: November 2006 Morsel
- Tips: October 2006
- Things we like: October
- A livelier conversation
- Walk the Buffet Line: September 2006 Morsel
- Things we like: September
- Sound off:
- What's In? August 2006 morsels
- Tips and things we like
- Buffet Meal Tips: July 2006 Morsels
- Tips and Things We Like: July 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: June 2006
- Words to plan by: May 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: May 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: April 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: March 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: Feburary 2006
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: January 2006
- PYM Tips: Haunted B-n-Bs, NASCAR, ice-breakers, and candy
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: November 2005
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: October 2005
- PYM Tips and Things: September 2005
- 15 Practical Presentation Pointers for Meeting Planners
- PYM Tips and Things We Like: June 2005
- Icing on the cake: recipes for delicious meetings
- Pillow favors make excellent mementos
- TaxiCards: A Welcome Idea
- Category: Best Practices
- Category: Food & Beverage
- Category: Meeting Sustainably
- Category: Site Selection
- Category: Blog
- Education at the Downtown Aquarium Houston
- Revving up for Charlotte
- PYM planner profile: Cindy Lo
- GAMPI gets personal about helping members achieve goals
- Mile high adventures with PYM LIVE
- Quality costs. But it's worth it.
- PYM planner profile: Joyce J. Ginsburg
- Planning family events can be a full-time job
- The cultural time clock
- PYM meets Chi-town!
- Meet the 2010 PYM Advisory Board
- Invasion of the Alamo
- PYM planner profile: Joe Salazarte
- Plan Your Meetings and Encore Atlanta win big
- Spicing things up in Miami
- Big Book of Answers comes to Atlanta
- Great example of hospitality choosing to help, rather than fleece, the stranded
- PYM planner profile: Jeff Rasco, CMP
- What are your predictions for 2010/2011?
- Your questions answered: Meeting professionals speak up at MPI-CEC
- Case study: Virtual problem-solving at MPI Cascadia
- Can you crowdsource content without dumbing down your event?
- PYM planner profile: Susan M. Fox, CMP
- Social media, contract clauses and spousal programs: discussions at 2010 PYM LIVE Austin
- In Dallas educating and waiting for ... snow?
- 'We are thought leaders. We are committed to a more sustainable world.'
- Virtual events, social networks and benchmarks for green meetings at the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference
- Day two at the Sustainable Meetings Conference
- Day one at the 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference
- PYM Planner Profile: Paula J. Rigling, CAE, CMP
- How 'Lost' are your attendees?
- Introducing the PYM Knowledge Series
- Behind the scenes of a general session
- Can your family explain what you do?
- Some video highlights from PCMA
- PYM planner profile: Kevin R. Johnston, CMP
- Taking a trip through Texas at the PCMA Opening Night Reception
- The first event of the year
- One of the hottest jobs of the decade?
- What augmented reality could add to meetings
- Hotel being sued over service fees!
- How would you describe what you do?
- PYM planner profile: Erica Prewett
- Why failure is important
- What meeting personality type are you?
- PYM planner profile: Marla Watson-Werst, CSEP
- Hold a meeting, change the world
- PYM site tour: InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa
- On the road with meeting planners in the 'Ham
- A fun little song about meeting
- The value of being loyal to corporate policy and partnerships
- Texas two-step
- PYM planner profile: Kimberly Roberts, CMP, CSEP
- Atlanta LIVE, through the eyes of a student planner
- Giving voice to the industry
- MPI, PCMA, HSMAI ... PYM?
- Going green at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Addressing misperceptions about meeting
- Road trip!
- Crossing business and wellness
- Social networking - Is it working for you?
- Tackling industry challenges and solutions in Denver
- I know you have to promote your company, but ... ewww!
- Let your feet do the talking
- What's going on at the WEC?
- At your service: Richard Harper
- A push for Congress to promote travel
- Meet me at the movies
- Ben Stein: 'Let's get business meetings back on track'
- Share a little sunshine campaign
- Is it the money or the message that causes change?
- PYM planner profile: Leah Lambracht
- What are you doing for Travel Rally Day?
- Couldn't be at the PYM LIVE Atlanta event?
- Sneak preview of the Hotel Palomar in midtown Atlanta
- Are you the face of travel?
- Good news, part II
- Update on the MICE crisis
- Finally, some good news
- Coolest way planners (and speakers) can walk the green talk
- Dear Senators: You suck
- Why is the president calling for companies to boycott an American city?
- The fight has begun. Are you ready to defend your meetings?
- The trouble with trade shows
- 'The war on meetings'
- Warning: Shameless self-promotion
- Top reasons to hold a meeting
- MPI MeetDifferent Twitterfountain
- PYM gets shout-out from social media guru!
- Industry challenges and solutions: Report from PYM LIVE 2009 Atlanta
- What's your problem?
- Recession? What recession?
- PCMA recap: From the Big Easy to the Big Freezee
- PCMA day four: Adieu
- PCMA day four: State of the airline industry
- PCMA day four: International meetings and learning to listen
- PCMA day three: Fun Run and Dr. Siegel
- PCMA day three: What I've learned so far ...
- PCMA day two: Opening night festivities and an awesome keynote
- PCMA day one: Saving cemeteries
- PCMA day one: Ahh ... youth
- PCMA arrival
- From Alberta to the Big Easy and PCMA
- Read these books
- In case you need it: 'How to find a job in today's market'
- Planners to suppliers: 'This is how to win our business'
- Things that make you go 'duh'
- Planning the Presidential Inauguration
- Why we need meetings, especially in a down economy
- Rule No. 1: Know the organization's goals
- A really bad day for the meetings and incentives industry
- Are some meetings worth the risk?
- Hilton University of Houston Hotel weathers storm with service, safety
- You might be an industry lifer if ...
- Education on demand
- Tweet tweet
- Catering tips, trends and advice
- Fay, Fay go away!
- Life as a meeting planner: 'an extended tour in paradise'?
- Wedding planning scam alert!
- Hit the books
- What's the problem, Dallas?!
- Listen up Daddy-O
- Hotels just say 'no' to bad behavior
- Droolworthy …
- Habla anglais?
- Sleep tight; don't let the bedbugs bite...
- Goodbye and Thanks
- Meet the new PYM advisory board
- Putting the party back in politics
- Gen Y, Gen Next, Echo Boomers, Millennials... what gives?
- Fine dining at your fingertips
- Change is good
- Event Planning at the Movies
- Is this (dare we say it) a recession?
- Continuing education with PYM LIVE events
- Flight control — better and worse
- Age appeal
- TSA wants to hear from you
- Economic woes
- Double Dipping
- Borrow ideas for memorable meetings
- Energize your new year
- Read the fine print
- Rethinking hotels
- Watch the Calendar
- Karen McCullough 'rocks' YouTube
- Bump the light
- Stress less this holiday season
- Bizarre meeting planner complaints
- Notes on an Exposition
- OMG, TMI!
- Never fully dressed …
- Lost luggage
- Advice for airlines
- Work It!
- Scent-sational meetings?
- Suing for space
- Marriott decides women can fend for themselves
- Thinking about New Orleans?
- Noisy nellies
- Ethics in action
- Who knew bees were philanthropic?
- Hotels and hidden fees
- Happy Administrative Professionals Appreciation Week!
- Hospitality industry heroes
- A little trip to the 9th Ward
- More word games
- Keep attendees fit
- Fortress America?
- Feeling powerful
- In an octopus' garden
- Rethinking the workplace
- Love meeting planning?
- Aquarium evening shows planners Oceans of Opportunities
- Category: At Your Service
- Category: Case Study
- Category: From the Magazine
- Category: Events
- LIVE 2010 Clearwater
- LIVE 2010 Charlotte
- LIVE 2010 Nashville
- LIVE 2010 Atlanta: Sept. 29
- LIVE 2010 Houston
- LIVE 2010 Denver
- LIVE 2010 Chicago
- LIVE 2010 San Antonio
- LIVE 2010 Atlanta: April
- LIVE 2010 Miami
- LIVE 2010 Austin
- LIVE 2010 Dallas
- LIVE 2010 Atlanta (Jan)
- LIVE 2009 Birmingham
- LIVE 2009 Dallas
- LIVE 2009 Houston
- LIVE 2009 Atlanta (Sept)
- LIVE 2009 Charlotte
- LIVE 2009 Denver
- LIVE 2009 Clearwater/Tampa
- LIVE 2009 Atlanta
- LIVE 2009 Dallas
- LIVE 2009 Austin
- LIVE 2009 Phoenix / Scottsdale
- LIVE 2009 Atlanta (January)
- LIVE 2008 Houston
- LIVE 2008 Birmingham
- LIVE 2008 Frisco/Dallas
- LIVE 2008 Atlanta (September)
- LIVE 2008 Atlanta (July)
- Libations and Learn
- LIVE 2008 Orlando
- LIVE 2008 Atlanta (April)
- LIVE 2008 Austin
- LIVE 2008 Dallas
- Houston Expo 2007: Extraordinary Meetings
- PYM Southeast Expo 2007
- Houston Expo 2006 exceeds expectations at the Museum of Natural Science
- Dallas Expo 2006 reaches new heights at the Empire Room
- Category: Feature
- Meeting technology 101: Tools that save time
- Five ways to contain audiovisual and meeting technology costs
- Why you should meet in Gulf Coast states now
- The state of the international MICE industry
- Does lack of swag kill a trade show?
- Contract tips and traps
- Making sense of co-location
- Better planning through technology
- Stuck with the bill, Part III
- Stuck with the bill, Part II
- Where has the relationship gone? How meeting planners and suppliers can best work together
- Case study: Creating a 100 percent virtual event
- Team-building tips and ice breakers
- How to save time and money with CVBs
- How meeting planning skills can boost your career
- Stuck with the bill
- Industry challenges and solutions
- When cheap is too cheap
- You want me to pay what?! Part III
- You want me to pay what?! Part II
- You want me to pay what?! Part I
- Making the most of CVBs
- Government agency restrictions on meeting destinations
- Creative team-building ideas
- Cruisin'
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Part III
- Handling the worst-case scenario
- What's your EQ?
- What could possibly go wrong? Part II
- The ABCs of RFPs
- What could possibly go wrong? Part I
- State of the Mexican tourism industry
- Crafting a crisis management plan
- The art of planning executive retreats
- Stop trashing events
- Meeting on campus
- 'Chicken instead of beef': How the meetings industry is adapting to meet economic challenges
- Reinventing the incentive
- Meeting guidelines defined by industry
- Under lock and key
- Creating a culture of sustainability, one city at a time
- Catching up with a White House chef
- Hotels go green, but what does that mean?
- The state of the industry: trends and tactics
- Hotels offer incentives to entice group business, ease economic woes
- Saving time and money with the Cvent Supplier Network
- Solutions for working with 'backseat planners'
- Changing perceptions through hospitality
- Event planning: Promising? Yes. Glamorous? No.
- The greening of an industry
- The Concierge: An important part of any meeting planner's team
- Behind 'The Pedro Project': Planners make a difference in Delaware
- Changing the flag
- Virtualis: Bringing meetings to Second Life
- Team-building checklist
- Learning to meet different with MPI
- Beyond networking
- 2008: Green, lean, immediate and demanding...
- What's next in hotel amenities?
- Northwest Florida hosts 'coming out' party
- Taking meetings from ordinary to extraordinary
- Catering to a new generation of planners
- The new rules for hotel negotiations
- An American fiesta in Laredo
- Why etiquette matters
- Go Global! Part 3: Getting resourceful
- Go global! Part two: Hosting international attendees
- Go global! Part one:<br />Planning events overseas
- How to boost your industry IQ
- A new model for facility management
- New Orleans looks forward to a brighter New Year
- Planning in a global world
- Watch the bar
- New travel regulations for air travelers
- A view to better meetings: <br />Natural lights puts attendees at ease
- New planners' exchange group stirs controversy
- Sizzlin' Summer Drinks
- Small meetings feel the squeeze
- Back to school: Meeting in college facilities has advantages
- Hotel rebound challenges travel managers
- Audio/Visual: There’s more to it than sight and, you hope, sound
- Celebrate 2006 with stellar events
- Planners weigh in on the best way to fly groups from point A to point B
- South Florida meetings continue after Wilma
- Planning through the worst-case scenario
- Recovering from Hurricane Katrina
- 15 Practical Presentation Pointers for Meeting Planners
- CEO survey reveals importance of meetings
- Icing on the cake: recipes for delicious meetings
- Canada celebrates planners
- Ethics and the Meeting Planner
- Category: News Brief
- Names in the news: September 2010
- Continental and United merger cleared for takeoff
- Destination news: September 2010
- Study reveals best, worst travel taxes in top 50 U.S. destinations
- Latest MPI survey: Industry healthier than a year ago
- Arizona injunction issued as immigration debate grows
- Destination news: August 2010
- Future brightens for meeting planners
- Names in the news: August 2010
- Hotel room rates projected to rise in 2011
- Send your luggage the UPS way
- Arizona shifts image campaign into overdrive
- How to 'future proof' your business
- Destination news: July 2010
- Names in the news: July 2010
- Bama beaches closed; spill drifts toward Florida
- The IMEX America model
- Nashville flooding closes Gaylord Opryland, shifts convention business
- Names in the news: June 2010
- Destination news: June 2010
- Steady fares and less competition expected from United-Continental merger
- Meeting and tourism industry leaders call for end to Arizona travel boycott
- Despite budget concerns, planners and suppliers expect a brighter 2010 and 2011
- Destination news: May 2010
- Names in the news: May 2010
- New Arizona immigration bill already costing the state convention business
- Partnership between Professional Convention Management Association and IMEX America to create 'more than a trade show'
- Sign of the times
- Destination news: April 2010
- Names in the news: April 2010
- Meetings matter
- Affordable room rates boost Las Vegas to top of most popular U.S. destinations list
- President Obama endorses first-ever Travel Promotion Act
- 10 dirtiest U.S. hotels
- Competing hotels bid to pick up business from disgruntled Hilton HHonors customers
- Update on Chile's main tourist districts
- 'Don't defend the rate; defend the value of meeting'
- Meeting publication merry-go-round
- Names in the news: March 2010
- Destination news: March 2010
- Top destinations announced for 2010
- MPI Business Barometer reflects industry optimism, growth
- Destination news: February 2010
- Names in the news: February 2010
- Meeting planners see signs of economic upswing
- Social media here to stay, say association planners
- Green your thinking at the 2010 Sustainable Meetings Conference
- Destination news: January 2010
- Names in the news: January 2010
- Global Entry program to expedite international travelers through customs
- Increased security guidelines for domestic and international air travelers
- New Southwest Airlines service makes Northwest Florida more accessible to groups
- Growth in travel industry jobs predicted for 2010
- Hospitality trends for 2010
- Association meeting trends
- Names in the news: December 2009
- Destination news: December 2009
- H1N1 outbreaks not curtailing travel
- Names in the news: November 2009
- Destination news: November 2009
- Resources for planners at TARP-recipient companies
- Business executive survey shows value of face-to-face meetings
- Travel Promotion Act passed by U.S. House of Representatives … again
- The importance of business travel and face-to-face meetings
- Resort casino strikes it rich with geothermal energy
- Destination news: October 2009
- Names in the news: October 2009
- MPI and CIC team up to enhance CMP designation
- Meeting growth despite perception, attrition woes
- 2009 World Savers announced
- Justifying meetings and events: Why an effective meeting is more than just a good time
- Destination news: September 2009
- Names in the news: September 2009
- Maximize your knowledge, all month long
- Stricter travel regulations, safer borders
- Flu 101: New Web site promoting preparedness
- Names in the news: August 2009
- Destination news: August 2009
- MPI fosters career-long learning
- Clear lanes close down
- Helping the world, one bar of soap at a time
- Fontainebleau Las Vegas cancels meeting contracts for first half of 2010
- Names in news: July 2009
- Destination news: July 2009
- Meeting cancellations/postponements estimated to cost industry more than $2.5 billion
- Delta to reinstate its meeting fares program
- Virtual pass available for World Education Congress
- New Treasury rules for TARP recipients
- Hoteliers warn value-added tax will stunt economic growth
- Best practices: the IACC's green commitment
- Work, then play
- Names in the news: June 2009
- Destination news: June 2009
- Sydney sets sights on attracting American meeting planners
- Atlanta's hospitality industry to rebound ahead of other U.S. cities
- CDC lifts Mexico travel warning
- Over 21,000 people petition to 'Keep America Meeting'
- Meeting, travel professionals hope to raise awareness with May 12 rallies
- Destination news: May 2009
- Names in the news: May 2009
- Everything you need to know about the swine flu ... so far
- Myrtle Beach wildfire update
- Giving meaning to meetings
- Texas Roadhouse CEO defends employee appreciation event
- Washington: Meetings, incentives and events are 'legitimate business practices'
- Hard Rock Hotel and Casino bets attendees want to be treated like rock stars
- Spring break boosts hopes on Galveston Island
- Names in the news: April 2009
- Destination news: April 2009
- President Obama, Sen. Reid pledge to support business travel
- Study proves the value of meeting
- Hoteliers voice concern over canceled meetings and events
- Meetings mean business
- Las Vegas grapples with $131.6 million in lost revenue
- Planners eye 2009 with apprehension, see need to prove worth
- Names in the news: March 2009
- Destination news: March 2009
- Keep America meeting
- Bruce MacMillan on the state of the industry
- Destination news: February 2009
- Names in the news: February 2009
- New convention center a bright spot in drab economic landscape
- APEX launches new Web site
- Destination news: January 2009
- Names in the news: January 2009
- WiFi gets wings
- AAA announces its coveted Five Diamond Awards list for 2009
- Names in the news: December 2008
- Destination news: December 2008
- How to cancel meetings with diplomacy and tact
- Combination of creativity, innovation helping Florida bounce back
- Global event planners weigh in on trends, give tips
- Names in the news: November 2008
- Destination news: November 2008
- Atlanta takes new steps to curtail panhandling
- More than $80 million of events canceled by AIG
- American Express releases 2009 global travel forecast
- Destination news: October 2008
- Names in the news: October 2008
- Are planners calling the shots in hotel negotiations?
- Galveston update: Oct. 1
- Bootcamp for international meeting planners
- The aftermath of Hurricane Ike: Galveston and Houston
- New Web site for travel managers
- Hurricane update- Sept. 12
- All I want for Christmas is a travel-friendly laptop bag ...
- Names in the news: September 2008
- Laptop's disappearance jeopardizes Registered Travelers' security
- Planners offset attrition costs online
- 2009 per diem rates announced
- New online travel applications for international travelers
- New hospitality and green initiatives for Denver
- CMP study guide now online
- Airlines: Good news/bad news
- Names in the news: August 2008
- Chicago, Nashville tax travelers the most
- Hotel satisfaction slips in 2008
- Congress moves to ban in-flight mobile phone service
- Tighter pharmaceutical marketing codes eliminate swag, restaurant-based events
- CMP International Study Day: July 18
- No escaping the 'Net
- Names in News: July 2008
- IRS increases mileage rates
- Simple steps to green your next meeting
- Hospitality industry icon dies
- Pedal power
- Names in the news: June 2008
- Immigration, visa issues have hotels scrambling for labor
- Las Vegas Strip sites struggle; Atlantic City thrives
- Online travel booking options expand for groups
- Hilton Americas-Houston on the block
- Gaylord backs out of San Antonio
- Room crunch in Raleigh
- A new, green Advantage
- Attendees no longer stuck with the bill
- Names in the news: May 2008
- Is your business receding?
- Gen X wants...
- Teleconferencing rooms coming to Marriott
- Frommer: 'The 15 most significant developments in travel'
- Earth Day raises "green" awareness
- Time to get a passport!
- Intriguing restaurant list
- Cheap and chic
- Pack light
- Hotels: Recession-proof?
- Getting earthy?
- Names in the news: April 2008
- Tornado damage in Atlanta
- Gaming for planners
- A checklist for green travel
- High-tech resort opens in Montgomery
- Go cubeless and get travel advice from your peers
- Free APEX software upgrade available
- Marriott launches first boutique brand
- Sheraton and Four Points by Sheraton to go smoke-free
- Names in the news: March 2008
- Cobb County (Ga.) CVB launches new Web site
- Now: Hot décor
- The best deals at high-end hotels
- Fly clear
- Technology phoning in
- New rules for land and sea border crossings
- Names in the news: February 2008
- 'Event genius' made history at Coca-Cola
- Orlando narrows RFP options
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative delayed, again
- Saving two birds with one stone: Hospitality industry looks to homeless
- Green questions added to RFPs
- Co-op management team renews reign in California
- Felony charge for former Austin Convention Center Director Hodge
- Palm Beach County CVB recovers funds, increases accountability
- Names in the news: January 2008
- Hyatt launches brand for young, affluent travelers
- PRA Destination Management goes global
- 2007 Lodging industry profile released
- Top 5 site selection factors
- Airline passenger compensation under consideration
- Holiday Inn undergoes $1 billion makeover
- Names and Notes: December 2007
- Burgess Amusements affected by fire
- Florida on the move
- Marriott tops business traveler survey for second year in a row
- Denver breaks convention record
- Zipping to the airport?
- List of luxury
- Names and Notes: November 2007
- Names and Notes: October 2007
- Travel & Leisure: 'Best Business Hotels in the U.S.'
- Orlando/Orange County restricts member access to convention sales leads
- Dry run at Gaylord National
- Sony and Starwood seal music deal
- New Orleans convention center expansion cancelled
- TSA: 'New regulations for air travelers'
- Farecast begins forecasting hotel rates
- New York passes passenger bill of rights
- InterContinental Hotels Group offers automated group reservations
- iLearning
- Damage from Dean less than expected
- Names and Notes: September 2007
- F&B predictions for 2037
- Blackstone Group buys Hilton Hotels
- Financial companies face new business entertainment rules
- Boeing unveils the Dreamliner
- Names and Notes: August 2007
- Names and Notes: July 2007
- Get certified online
- Marriott expands portfolio with two new hotel concepts
- Virgin democratizes market for private jet travel
- Passport delays? Don't despair.
- Hurricanes? Get hassle-free refunds.
- Six new hotels join National Trust Historic Hotels of America
- Service is bad, but the skies are safe
- More than recycling
- Savannah riverfront primed for renewal
- Avis puts WiFi on wheels
- Americans: Not so ugly anymore
- Names and Notes: June 2007
- Names and Notes: May
- Keen to go green
- Plugged in
- Chicago keeps Katrina promise
- Low international fares poised to take off
- Former convention center director under investigation
- Fairy-tale weddings for everyone at Disney
- Names and Notes: April
- JetBlue launches new service for corporate meeting planners
- Don't drink the wine; bathe in it
- Forty-four new hotels planned for San Antonio
- Four Points raises beer's profile
- Denver hotel development heats up
- Names and Notes: March
- Demand for culinary and wine-related experiences strong
- Four Seasons goes private
- New airport for Panama City
- Hospitality industry bans trans fats
- Delta shakes off US Airways bid, secures financing
- Omni launches new program to make meetings sensational
- The Woodlands branches out
- Numbers needed for commissions at Marriott
- nTag helps meetings go wireless
- Traveling by air? Make sure you have a passport.
- Names and Notes: February
- Names and Notes: January 2007
- Sailing the seas of green
- Seminole Tribe of Florida rocks out
- Embezzlement charges put two CVBs on the rocks
- Houston tourism head steps down
- Silent killer claims life at hotel
- Desks: out. Pods: in.
- Teaching Miami to smile
- Passport compliance dates change … again
- Hotels gain despite expense strains
- Fishy? Not for long ...
- Going Green
- Names and Notes: December 2006
- Names and Notes: November 2006
- Grand Strand hotels work to boost tourism
- Border crossing requirements postponed
- Marriott tops with business travelers
- Wyndham re-brands timeshare properties
- Wyndham's Super 8 chain attracts business travelers
- Out with the bathwater: Hotels favoring standing showers over bathtubs
- Hyatt debuts new baggage check service
- New Element extended-stay hotel brand aims for the upscale traveler
- Names and Notes: October 2006
- Esprit Award-winners announced
- Names and Notes: September 2006
- Universal Orlando Resort issues severe weather cancellation policy
- New X-ray and CT scan machines operating at Atlanta's airport
- Life's a blog
- Names and Notes August 2006
- Music City citizens sound off
- MPI acknowledges planner diversity
- Online booking engine rebuilds beaches
- Construction on the information superhighway
- Keeping an eye on the high cost of travel
- Air rage - Cell phones on a plane?
- Hotels are building and booming
- My city's smarter than your city
- Celebrity pulls the plug on Sin City project
- One lobby, many looks at Marriott
- Names and Notes: July 2006
- Names and Notes: June 2006
- NBTA talks strategy at sea
- Hilton Hotels tops in customer satisfaction
- Aruba revisited
- Cancun resort opens
- Take me out to the hotel
- Expo targets upscale market
- Top spas
- Oceania Cruises' ultimate experience at sea
- Heiress eyes the family business
- Names and Notes: May 2006
- Meeting and convention planners considered top job to have in U.S.
- Complying with the Western Hemisphere Travel Directive
- Casino developments in Biloxi
- Associated Luxury Hotels adds five new member properties
- School's in session in Athens, Ga.
- Prime hotel properties for sale
- Starwood Hotels "drives away" with honors
- Names & Notes: April 2006
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises launches amphibious ultra-luxury brand
- NASCAR roars into Charlotte
- Business travel costs to soar in 2006
- Threat of hotel strike looms large
- Cancun Recovers
- Virtual concierge offered at Holiday Inns
- Westin goes smoke free
- Travel laughs: A collection of 90 cartoons
- Travel advice
- Delta to add European and Middle Eastern routes
- Independence Airlines shuts its doors
- Hilton family reunites and launches new luxury brand
- Design leaps from classroom to hotel boardroom
- Biloxi casinos reopen
- New Orleans special event industry survivors receive monetary assistance
- Starwood sells to Host Marriott and acquires Le Meridien brand
- Mississippi’s Gulf Coast bouncing back
- Atlanta welcomes new attractions
- Hospitality leaders continue to give
- Deaf guests are heard at Marriott
- The Atlanta Alliance
- Per diem allowances rise
- Holiday Inn for the 21st century
- Update on Gulf Coast properties and cancellation policies
- Hitting the mSpot
- Names and Notes: May 2005
- Conference planners create community event
- Florida offers free insurance and other incentives
- Clever Campaigns
- Alarm clock technology offers music to your ears
- Luncheon in the mist
- Report says planners and suppliers want better relations
- Golf Lessons for Women
- Trolling for Attention
- Labor Dispute Advice
- Category: PYM
- 2010 July Survey Winner:
- Post Event Survey winner: PYM LIVE 2010 Denver at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa
- 2010 May Survey Winner:
- Info & Resources
- Post Event Survey winner: PYM LIVE 2010 Atlanta at the Hilton Atlanta Marietta Hotel & Conference Center
- LIVE 2010 Miami
- LIVE 2010 Austin
- LIVE 2010 Dallas
- LIVE 2010 Atlanta (Jan)
- Geek out: Cool ideas for science and technology-themed meetings
- Category: Spotlight
- Digital program distribution
- The next big thing for audience engagement
- Up-and-coming destinations
- Mammals while you munch?
- Let your iPhone do the work
- New green venue in North Georgia
- Themed team-building opportunities in Orlando
- The streets of San Francisco
- Extreme group activity
- Mobile event planning apps
- Can you type? Then, you can make movies.
- National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners dedicates day of service to inner city Fort Worth
- Sail away
- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
- Virtual (phone) assistance
- Travel planning made easy
- Event paparazzi
- Meetings with purpose
- Up-close and personal city tours
- Scheduled events
- Simplified promotions
- Sustainable décor
- Seasite sets sail
- We all scream for ice cream
- Grab your cowboy boots
- Smart car
- Buy fresh, buy Local
- Sign me up
- Biodegradable badges
- Event staff on command
- Green signage
- Ghost, goblins and groups
- Basket full of goodness
- What you see is what you get
- The keys to promotion
- A glass act
- Orlando CVB launches new site
- State-of-the-art technology, unprecedented availability
- How have misperceptions about meetings affected you?
- Your own private event city
- Wine Country gift baskets
- Warm up the crowd
- Information and education at your fingertips
- Rockin’ event decor
- Picture perfect
- Circus source
- Talent Market
- Audio/visual solutions in Dallas
- Lord of the A/V
- Handmade gifts from the Highlands
- Road warrior
- Colonial adventures
- Green gadget
- Cool concert venue
- Need a prescription for savings?
- Bring in the bling
- Meet, with passion
- Resources for nonprofit event planners
- Tasty team building
- Sustainable serenity
- Cross-over meetings
- Absolutely FABulous
- Get your Lance Armstrong on
- Get some easy credit
- Map quest
- Set the stage
- Explore North Carolina
- Go digital
- There's no 'I' in team
- Tasty tar heel
- An app-le a day
- Survey says...
- Have you hugged your admin today?
- A hidden little gem in the middle of Atlanta
- So long Excel
- Keep meetings playful
- European-style catering in Dallas
- Interactive technology at a price you can afford
- Stow and go
- Benefit for Alzheimer's Association in Dallas
- Event management goes mobile
- Snow fun
- Good times rolling in Galveston
- Cars, at your convenience
- Take them to the Cirque
- Sweet treats for gift baskets
- Got sweets?
- A taste of the south
- A little bundle of sunshine
- Team building on the high seas
- No sleep? No problem.
- High-tech conversation starter
- Happy median
- Citywide virtual tours
- Intuitive travel booking
- Zap away germs
- Pump up the jam
- Bring your events to them
- Richard Hight: The Art of Inspiration
- Southern dining at its best
- Villa Christina
- Meet at the movies
- The Retreat of Dunwoody
- Ski-in and ski-out of meetings
- Make it interactive!
- Personal travel organizer
- Pamper me pink
- Easy does it
- Luxury, San Antonio-style
- Production for Reconstruction
- Digitize your publications for free
- Got chocolate?
- Atlanta going green
- The aisle seat is worth it
- Celebrate Failure
- Velvet voice
- Basket full of goodies
- Digital file transfers
- Hospital art as icebreaker
- Mmm ... breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Free Wii breaks in Tampa
- Fuel cost calculator
- Walk-through screen
- e-Tools
- Sports-specific massage at Spa Sydell
- Earth-friendly promotional items
- Chinese takeout
- Green governor
- Public service
- Give me some peanuts and chardonnay!
- Make an impression
- Free rice
- 'Mountain Town' DVD
- Fine dining at your fingertips
- The 'IN' crowd
- Tap the bay
- Rooms with a view
- Goodbye, Aloha
- Flying on sunshine
- Be a part of the future
- March mania
- Green lighting
- Tasty little message
- Georgia state tourism guide available
- Deep in the heart of ... San Antonio
- Take a [enter theme here] break
- Mobil's winners
- Tea party
- Green connections
- Best places to work for GLBT equality
- TripAdvisor 2008 Traveler's Choice Awards
- Sustainable catering
- Green expo services
- Never lose your room key
- Iron siblings
- Think Safe
- Hip city guides
- AHLI getaways
- The best times for brain, body and butt
- In-house butlers, personal assistants to-go
- Eco-friendly buffet option
- Chauffeured rental cars
- Start the day off right
- Big ideas
- Paranormal group activity
- ATL: capital of Southern luxury?
- Non-toxic management
- You're never virtually dressed without...
- In-room spas
- Earthbooker
- Fore our troops
- Fright Night
- Gimme shelter
- Texas art trolley
- Alabama's best meals
- Neat seat
- Table manners
- Priority Pass
- Encounter Florida
- Miami spice
- Plan Your Meetings Southeast Expo goes digital
- Maison des truffles
- Aloha cookies!
- HHonors Points make dreams come true
- $6 taxis
- The über-projector
- Swimming with sharks
- Flip it!
- Puppets with pizzazz
- Twenty-first century bulletin board
- Hot property in Raleigh
- White linen marketing
- Give attendees the CEO treatment
- Program in your pocket
- Mmmm ... zzzzs ...
- Life’s a crêpe
- Podcast for planners
- Forget something?
- Sail away
- Golf escapes and the great outdoors
- Search volunteer ops online
- A tasty reminder
- Keep track of important meetings
- Zero carbon meetings
- Comparative cruise shopping made easy
- New resources for meeting planners
- After dark activities
- Transform a sports dome into something special
- Clever ways to reduce paper waste
- Loews parlays creativity into sales
- The Black, not Gold, List
- Business cards don't have to be boring
- Putting arts first
- AAA Five-Diamond award winners announced
- A very merry idea
- Meetings in a second life
- Give attendees a piece of the city
- Pamper to the Max
- Tips on finding the perfect corporate gifts
- Ship it to the curb
- Luxury bath products, personalized
- Finding the perfect spa
- Basket full of (bath) goodies
- Category: Town Hall
- 2010 PYM Town Hall Austin: State of the Industry Report
- 2010 Austin Town Hall: Table One notes
- 2010 Austin Town Hall: Table Two notes
- Town Hall webcast from Austin
- 2010 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: State of the Industry
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: State of the Industry
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table One Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Two Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Three Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Four Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: State of the Industry
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Presentation Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Six Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Two Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Seven Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Five Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Three Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table One Notes
- 2009 PYM Town Hall: Table Four Notes
- Meetings industry suppliers discuss 'state of the industry' challenges, solutions
- State of the Industry July 2008: Summary of Findings
- Summary: Transcript of Table Seven
- Summary: Transcript of Table Six
- PYM Town Hall July 2008: Table Five
- Summary: Transcript of Table Four
- Summary: Transcript of Table Three
- Summary: Transcript of Table Two
- Summary: Transcript of Table One
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