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My sense is there are 25 percent to 30 percent more people in sports events than prior to 9/11,' says Don Schumacher, executive director for the National Association of Sports [...]

You've heard the horror story. An association hosts an event where alcohol is served. An attendee over-indulges, gets in his car, and drives straight into oncoming traffic on the highway, [...]

Resort and amenities fees, telephone surcharges, mini-bar restocking charges, automatic gratuities - the list of add-on fees that can appear in the fine print of a hotel contract is long, [...]

Presents five convention and visitors bureaus in the U.S. that offer the latest in attendance-building services. Features of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau; Information on the program to target meeting attendance called the Electronic Convention Promotion Program, developed by the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau; Services provided by the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau. INSET: CHICAGO EXPANDS RSNA's Exhibitor Base.

Discusses the efforts of Milwaukee-based Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) in winning a bid to host the 2005 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Convention and Exposition. Fund-raising strategy developed by HCCW for the event; Levels of sponsorship offered by the USHCC for the convention; Estimated revenues generated by the event for the city.

Focuses on concerns arising from add-on fees charged by hotels in the U.S. in 2005. Service fee charged to a planner for the use of in-house audiovisual; Settlement by hotel chains of class-action lawsuits; Clauses that may be used in hotel contracts.