Press Release - CIC Adds New Member to APEX Technology Advisory Council/title> <meta name="Description" CONTENT="Convention Industry Council (CIC)"> <meta name="Keywords" CONTENT="CIC, Convention Industry Council, CMP, Certified Meeting Professional, APEX, Accepted Practices Exchange, Convention Industry, convention, industry, meetings, meeting planners"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body topmargin="0" leftmargin="1" marginwidth="1" marginheight="0" bgcolor="#685641">  <script language="JavaScript1.2">dqm__codebase = "/menu/" //script folder location</script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" src="/menu/main_data.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" src="/menu/tdqm_loader.js"></script> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="776"> <tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="#434861"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="459" height="11"></td> <td rowspan="2"><img src="/images/cic_mast_02.gif" width="19" height="31"></td> <form name="SearchForm" ACTION="/search/search.asp" METHOD="POST"><td rowspan="2" width="297" height="31" bgcolor="#434861" class="toplinks" align="right">   <img src="/images/nav_bullet.gif" hspace="2"><a class="white" href="/index.htm">Home</a> <img src="/images/nav_bullet.gif" hspace="2"><a class="white" href="/sitemap.htm">Sitemap</a> <img src="/images/nav_bullet.gif" hspace="2">Search <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="SearchString" SIZE="8" MAXLENGTH="100" VALUE=""> <input type="image" src="/images/go.gif"><input type="hidden" NAME="Action" VALUE="Go">   </td></form> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="11"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><img src="/images/cic_mast_04.jpg" width="459" height="94"></td> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><img src="/images/cic_mast_05.jpg" width=316 height=87></td> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="74"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="/images/cic_mast_06.gif" width="10" height="13"></td> <td bgcolor="#434861"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="138" height="13"></td> <td><img src="/images/cic_mast_08.gif" width="13" height="13"></td> <td><img src="/images/cic_mast_09.jpg" width="298" height="13"></td> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="13"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="/images/cic_mast_10.gif" width="10" height="32"></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="151" bgcolor="#434861">   <script language="JavaScript1.2">generate_mainitems()</script> <center> <a href="/cmp/index.htm"><img src="/images/cmp_logo_left.gif" border="0"></a> <br><a href="/apex/apex.htm"><img src="/images/apex_logo_left.gif" border="0"></a> </center>   </td> <td colspan="3"><img src="/images/cic_mast_12.jpg" width="614" height="32"></td> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="32"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="3" valign="top"> <div style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px"><br> <strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong> <p><strong>CONTACT: </strong>Manju Mathai<br> Convention Industry Council <br> (202) 429-8634<br> <a href="mailto:mmathai@conventionindustry.org">mmathai@conventionindustry.org </a></p> <p align="center"><strong>CIC ADDS NEW MEMBER TO APEX TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL</strong></p> <p><strong>Washington, DC – October 9, 2007 – </strong>The Convention Industry Council is pleased to welcome the association management software developer TMA Resources, Inc. to the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Technology Advisory Council. TMA is a premier provider of software to manage large trade associations, professional societies, labor unions, and other member-centric organizations. </p> <p>APEX, an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, is implementing industry-wide accepted practices which will create and enhance efficiencies throughout the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. Finding technology solutions to implementing accepted practices will maximize the initiative’s success.</p> <p> “We are pleased that TMA is joining the technology leaders who are driving the adoption and implementation of accepted practices,” said Rich Hunter, APEX Director. “As a leader in the software and data conversion industry, TMA’s participation in the APEX initiative will be invaluable.”</p> <p>The Technology Advisory Council is comprised of information technology professionals representing software vendors, housing and registration companies, IT consultants, hotels and others. Since 2001, the TAC has worked with the seven APEX industry panels to foster adoption of accepted practices through free access to data specifications.</p> <p>Tom Brantigan, Senior Vice President and CTO of TMA Resources, said, “XML and XML standards have become the center of our software universe from auto-code-generators to screen design to standards for our web services. Becoming part of APEX is an important extension of this dedication to standards and interoperability.”</p> <p>Members of the APEX Technology Advisory Council include:</p> <p> <font size="1.5">A2Z, Inc.<br> Aptify Corporation<br> Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau<br> ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership<br> Avectra<br> BusinessMeetings.com<br> Certain Software<br> cvbTV<br> Cvent<br> DataApp, Inc.<br> Dean Evans Associates<br> Destination Marketing Association International<br> Eventcentric, Inc.<br> FLASHpoint Technologies, LLC<br> The Freeman Companies<br> Gaylord Entertainment<br> GES<br> Hilton Hotel Corporation<br> Hyatt Hotels Corporation<br> InterContinental Hotels Group<br> LA INC. Convention & Visitors Bureau<br> Lenos Software<br> Marriott International<br> Meeting Site Resource<br> MRA Services<br> Newmarket International, Inc.<br> Passkey<br> SignUp4, LLC<br> SiteVisit Limited<br> StarCite, Inc.<br> Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide<br> Syllogy Design, Inc.<br> TMA Resources<br> Travel Technology Group<br> Turnstile Systems<br> Ungerboeck Systems International, Inc.<br> Walt Disney World</font></p> </div> <div style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px"><p> </p> <p align="center"><font size="1"><em>The Convention Industry Council’s 32 member organizations represent more than 103,500 individuals as well as over 17,300 firms and properties involved in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. Over 12,167 individuals in 35 countries have earned the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation, which recognizes the industry's highest standard of professionalism. In addition to CMP, other CIC programs include the Hall of Leaders initiative, the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) initiative, Project Attrition, and the CIC Economic Impact Study. For more information, visit the CIC website at <a href="www.conventionindustry.org">www.conventionindustry.org</a>.</em></font></p> <p align="center"><em><font size="1">###</font></em></p> </div> <div style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px"> <p></p> <br> <p>   </div> <p> <center><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #777777"> ©2004 Convention Industry Council<br> <a class="gray" href="/aboutcic/contact_cic.htm"><i>Contact CIC</i></a><br> <br> </center> </td> <td bgcolor="#685641"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="300"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>