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					</url></image><item><title>PCMA Reveals How Dallas Got So Green</title><link>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6708770.html?rssid=228</link><description>Everyone knows the Professional Convention Management Assn. Annual Meeting has such a strong commitment to sustainability that it puts green features in its RFPs. But if you’re wondering what will be green at this year’s meeting, scheduled Jan. 10-13 at the Dallas Convention Center, you can get a</description><guid>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6708770.html?rssid=228</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.tradeshowweek.com" /></item><item><title>Don Freeman Named Chairman of Dallas CVB</title><link>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004032672</link><description>Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has appointed Donald S. Freeman Jr., chairman of Dallas-based event management company Freeman, as chairman of the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.&lt;img</description><guid>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004032672</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.mimegasite.com" /></item><item><title>PCMA Announces 2009 Achievement Award Winners</title><link>http://meetingsnet.com/associationmeetings/news/pcma-2009-achievement-award-winners-1021/</link><description>The Professional Convention Management Association has announced its 2009 Achievement Award winners. The honorees will be recognized at the 54th PCMA Annual Meeting in Dallas, January 10 13, 2010.</description><guid>http://meetingsnet.com/associationmeetings/news/pcma-2009-achievement-award-winners-1021/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:26:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://meetingsnet.com" /></item><item><title>Professional Convention Management Association Honors Courtesy As...
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      </title><link>http://www.expoweb.com/headline_search.asp?id=7769</link><description>Although meeting planners cite constrained budgets as the No. 1 challenge facing their events, more than one-third also list image, publicity and public policy concerns, according to a new national survey of 516 professional meeting planners, conducted for the &lt;a</description><guid>http://www.expoweb.com/headline_search.asp?id=7769</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:15:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.expoweb.com" /></item><item><title>Meeting planners soaked up Northwest culture while in Seattle</title><link>http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/01/28/focus5.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>When Seattle hosted the annual Professional Convention Management Association Jan. 13-16, local organizers were aware that the meeting planners in attendance had the power to book millions of dollars worth of future convention business.</description><guid>http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/01/28/focus5.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>HSMAI - 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      </title><link>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004010114</link><description>A task force of meetings industry leaders has launched a public relations project that it will use to develop key messages about the value of face-to-face meetings and events, the Convention Industry Council (CIC) announced this week.</description><guid>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004010114</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.mimegasite.com" /></item><item><title>PCMA Quashes ACTE "Strategic Alliance"</title><link>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004001678</link><description>The Professional Convention Management Association has pulled the plug on the "strategic alliance" it formed in June with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives.</description><guid>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004001678</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.mimegasite.com" /></item><item><title>CIC Endorses Online Prep Tool</title><link>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6661085.html?rssid=228</link><description>For those meeting professionals studying for the Certified Meeting Professional examination, a prep tool now comes with a seal of approval. The Convention Industry Council has endorsed the Professional Convention Management Assn.’s CMP Online Prep Course as the only official online course for the</description><guid>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6661085.html?rssid=228</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.tradeshowweek.com" /></item><item><title>PCMA Honors Planners, Awards $120,000 in Grants, Scholarships</title><link>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003966344</link><description>The Professional Convention Management Association recognized three meetings industry professionals last week at its annual Foundation Dinner, during which it also awarded $120,000 in research grants and scholarships.&lt;a</description><guid>http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003966344</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.mimegasite.com" /></item><item><title>Education: Smorgasbord of Choices</title><link>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6626700.html</link><description>It's no secret how Deborah Sexton, president and CEO of the Professional Convention Management Assn., feels about education: “Our goal is always to deliver the best possible education – and in multiple formats.”</description><guid>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6626700.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Tradeshow/Trade Show Industry Associations/Professional Convention Management Association</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.tradeshowweek.com" /></item><item><title>Global Leader: Deborah Sexton</title><link>http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6625080.html</link><description>When Deborah Sexton, CEO and president of the Professional Convention Management Assn., says she understands what a bureau is going through in its efforts to snag more citywide conventions, she means it. 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