Bright Business Media has just announced the January 2003 publication of Smart Meetings West, an industry trade publication targeted at meeting planner professionals.

Smart Meetings West will focus on properties and venues in the western United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, and Mexico.

A new publication with a unique design Smart Meetings West will provide meeting professionals, planners, and executives insightful information on what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s the best way to plan and organize their meetings.  

• Smart Meetings West will cover the latest meeting news - new properties, new expansions, people, and industry happenings that directly affect the meeting professional.
• Each issue will provide up-to-date, useful information on hotels, resorts, conference centers, and venues in the west to help in the selection process no matter how big or small the needs.
• Articles and columns will cover how to select a site, plan effectively, negotiate wisely, make sure everything runs smoothly, and all while staying within budget.
• Each page of Smart Meetings West will contain useful information, statistics, hints and tips, checklists, insights, and tools to help the meeting planner in their daily work. The unique quick-access format is designed to provide useful and usable information for the seasoned veteran or the new planner.
• Smart Meetings West authors will cover all aspects of planning, budgeting, negotiating contracts, locating and dealing with speakers, A/V and technology trends and tools, managing ROI, post-meeting evaluations, and much more. Smart Meetings West will be a unique new voice in the meeting industry.

Each issue will be an invaluable resource and reference tool that planners will be able to use on a daily basis and keep them coming back months or even years later.

Smart Meetings West, published by Bright Business Media, will launch its premiere issue in January 2003 with an estimated circulation of 20,000. It will be published on a monthly basis. The size and format will make it an attractive, easy to access magazine that meeting professionals will keep and use over and over.