Penton Media
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Founded in 1886, Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independentbusiness-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than sixmillion business professionals every month. Penton's objective is toconnect and enhance business communities, helping the customers weserve to grow through our market-leading media products and services.Thecompany's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries andinclude 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 96 industry trade shows andconferences, and more than 500 information data products. Penton has 30office locations and employs more than 1,600 editors, publishers, salesrepresentatives, marketers, and other professionals.Headquarteredin New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOceanPartners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored byWasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors..
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FICP Taps Junior Achievement as Long-Term Philanthropic Beneficiary
For more than a decade, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners members and hospitality partners have given back to local communities. Now, one organization will be FICP's designated beneficiary.
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Pharma Company Gives Back to Local Community, Kids
This June more than 1,400 employees from Astellas Pharma US Inc. took a break from their annual national sales meeting at the Orlando World Center Marriott to undertake a massive corporate social responsibility activity to benefit Give Kids the World.
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5 New Things About Next Year’s RCMA Annual Conference
Under the Religious Conference Management Association’s new leadership, and with lots of feedback from members, associate members, and the faith-based meetings community, RCMA’s 41st annual conference is being reshaped to deliver a fresh, exciting, and productive experience for attendees and exhibitors.
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IAEE Picks DuBois as Its New President
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events hired David DuBois as its new president, replacing Steven Hacker, who will step down on September 30 after 21 years with the organization.
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Knoxville Bureau Gets a New Name
The Knoxville Tourism and Sports Commission has rebranded itself as Visit Knoxville, a name it hopes will be more familiar to meeting planners and reduce confusion about the organization’s purpose.
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MPI Announces Partnership with HSMAI
Meeting Professionals International's new partnership with the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International will provide improved education for members.
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Commentary: Living Within Our (Carbon) Budget
Meeting professionals' green meetings efforts often get tripped up in the development phase: It's hard to plan a program when you don’t know what the end goal looks like.
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Destination Executives Gather for Largest Meeting Yet
Members of the Destination Marketing Association International gathered for its largest annual meeting ever, July 16 to 18 in Seattle.
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First-Ever Change Summit Convenes in Boston
An elite group of senior-level meeting managers from some of the world’s biggest companies gathered in Boston on Saturday, July 21, the new Revere Hotel Boston for the first-ever Change Summit.
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APGO Looking Good After Meeting Makeover
The Visit Orlando Meeting Makeover contest winner put $50,000 worth of goods and services toward making its 2012 conference shine.

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