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Buyers weigh mtgs. tech impact.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 17-JAN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 927 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Technology has taken a firm place in many companies meeting management solutions, according to a Meetings Monitor survey of 204 corporate meetings buyers, with more options available to planners in data consolidation, payment and online registration. The use of technology has become so widespread that some analysts said it will change the role of meeting planners fundamentally.

With over 1,200 meetings technology products in 29 major categories available, the industry has entered "technology adolescence" as rapid advances have yet to mature and develop, said Corbin Ball, president of Bellingham, Wash.-based consulting firm Corbin Ball Associates.

"This is the hardest time right now, the geeky adolescence. We're between two worlds, clinging onto the old ways and trying to figure out the new ways," Ball said.

According to the Meetings Monitor survey, 20 percent of the buyers said their companies...

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