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What’s Up @ MeetingNews.com Keep America Meeting Meetings Mean Business MeetingNews MN Green Beat WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAYING On the Keep America Meeting LinkedIn Group: “To most people outside the hospitality industry, a meeting is a meeting, whether it’s all day at a hotel or a few hours in an office conference room. My objective in posting the link to someone else’s Q&A in the KAM forum is to highlight what some of the broader issues are that factor into the popular perception of meetings in general.”—Michael Schron, Business Development Manager, Robert P. Schron Associates On the MeetingNews Facebook Fan Page: “Incentive Takes Two-Pronged Approach to Saving Employee Motivation” Incentive magazine defends the motivation industry from recent proposed legislation seeking to severely restrict employee incentive and loyalty programs by launching saveemployeemotivation.org and revising its existing Motivation Masters award program. Source: http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_ display/incentive/news/e3i725a2f774d7f2d9db573ce417c b1999a On the Meetings Mean Business Facebook Fan Page: On Las Vegas’ recent report of 340 event cancellations in the past 90 days: “I’d like to see that in dollars—in terms of jobs and impact on the economy. I bet it’s huge.”—Kim Reynolds On the MeetingNews Green Beat Facebook Fan Page:“The Green Travel Summit is the first fully dedicated forum focused on exploring green travel strategies and their impact on business travel and corporate meetings. Join thought leaders, industry ” Source: www.greentravelsummit.com Web Top 5: April 3-11, 2009 #1SURVEY: PROCUREMENT PRACTICES SAVE BUSINESS TRAVEL PROGRAMS MONEY In response to the economic downturn, a growing number of business travel managers are turning to procurement strategies in order to save money. That’s according to American Express Business Travel, which released the results of its third annual Procurement Practices Survey. (April 7, 2009) #2 StarCite Unveils ‘Stimulus Plan,’ Offers Free Meetings Management Software Because the global economic downturn has caused many companies to temporarily downsize or even cancel corporate meetings, meetings technology provider StarCite has launched a new initiative, the “StarCite Stimulus Plan,” which will give cost-conscious companies free access to its signature product in hopes of stimulating new meetings and events activity. (April 8, 2009) Team Is in Play for #3 Patriot Games: NFLNew England Patriots’ threeMeetings championship banners flutJust steps from where the Super Bowl ter over Gillette Stadium, the new Patriot Place retail and entertainment district in Foxboro, MA, offers an entire playbook’s worth of meetings venues—and a Renaissance hotel is almost ready to join the team. (January 22, 2009) #4 Seizing the Moment hotels and resorts due to the bad press, conference centers swoop As meetings retrench from in to get the business. (March 25, 2009) #5 Survey: Meeting Planners Choosing Venues with Good Customer Service When they’re choosing venues in a down economy, meeting planners say that customer service is the deciding factor, according to event management company J. Spargo & Associates Inc., which recently surveyed meeting planners attending the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s (HSMAI) Ninth Annual Affordable Meetings MidAmerica Conference & Exposition, taking place April 1-2 in Chicago. (March 25, 2009) The Web Top 5 and other breaking stories, feature articles, and blogs are available 24/7 at MeetingNews.com. 6 MeetingNews April 20, 2008 www.meetingnews.com http://www.MeetingNews.com http://www.saveemployeemotivation.org http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/incentive/news/e3i725a2f774d7f2d9db573ce417cb1999a http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/incentive/news/e3i725a2f774d7f2d9db573ce417cb1999a http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/incentive/news/e3i725a2f774d7f2d9db573ce417cb1999a http://www.MeetingNews.com http://www.greentravelsummit.com http://www.meetingnews.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meeting News - April 20, 2009

Meeting News - April 20, 2009
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What’s Up in the MeetingNews Community
Inside the Industry
People Making News
Thirty Under 30
Hotels & Resorts
Chef Talk
Convention Centers
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Meeting News - April 20, 2009