Mitchell's Outlook: Airfares Stabilize, Routes Disappear, Fees Are Here to Stay
One silver lining to the dark economic cloud is that the growing credit crisis and resulting travel cutbacks at many companies is likely to end the upward creep in airline fares, says Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, a Radnor, Pa., organization seeking to influence policy on issues affecting business travelers. ...
Planners and Hotels Cautious in Crisis, DMAI Chairwoman Says
“It’s chaos right now. Every day is a new adventure. There’s nothing in the handbook about weathering an economic downtown, in an election year, with a war on. It’s just a very different time,” says Maura Gast, executive director at the Irving [Texas] Convention and Visitors Bureau....
MPI Selects Host Cities for Upcoming Meetings
Meeting Professionals International has announced the dates and locations for its upcoming World Education Congresses through 2013 and for its MeetDifferent conferences (formerly MPI’s Professional Education Conference-North America) through 2010....
Financial Fallout: More Negotiating Clout for Planners?
In the wake of the financial crisis, future hotel development will slow to a crawl and we’re likely to see a significant slowdown in all types of travel, says Sean Hennessey, CEO of Lodging Advisors LLC, a hotel consulting company in New York City....
Hotel Industry Downturn Predicted for 2009
The hotel industry will continue to feel the effects of the economic downturn into 2009 when occupancy rates will bottom out, according to a new report by PKF Hospitality Research....
Congress moves on Travel Promotion Act, Laptop Security
While the nation’s attention has been focused on economic turmoil and the bailout bill, Congress has also been dealing with items affecting business travel and the hospitality/meetings industry....
ASAE Develops Guiding Principles for Social Responsibility
Stemming from its Global Summit on Social Responsibility in April, ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership has developed Guiding Principles for Socially Responsible Associations ....
ASAE Realigns Under Graham
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership has restructured, naming John Graham as president and chief executive officer of both ASAE and The Center and realigning the staff under him. ...
Hartford Honors Locals for Bringing Meetings Home
The Greater Hartford (Conn.) Convention and Visitors Bureau’s “Bring It Home” program is paying off as local residents and organizations have helped the city win five association meetings over the next two years....
The Meeting That Changed the Printing Industry
A trio of associations in the printing industry is embarking on an effort to not only green their joint conference, but their entire industry, through a program that recognizes environmental sustainable printers...
Weaber to Become President of Courtesy Associates
After 18 years with conference management company Experient Inc., Brad Weaber has left his position as executive vice president and chief customer officer to become president of Courtesy Associates....
First BS 8901 Green Event
Meeting Professionals International held the first event to be certified as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s BS 8901, a standard for sustainable events developed as a guide for planning the 2012 Olympic Games. ...
Marriott Puts Group Commission Tracking Online
Many third-party planning companies weren’t too happy with Marriott International last year when the company’s new rules went into effect requiring them to have certification from the International Airlines Travel Agent Network, the International Air Transport Association, or the Airline Reporting Corp in order to earn commissions. ...
Meetings-Related Questions on the Ballot
Voters are considering a number of state and local ballot questions this fall related to the meetings and conventions industry, from hotel or visitor tax issues to casino questions. Here are three of the most significant:...
IMEX Accepting Green Award Nominees
Nominations are now being accepted for the IMEX Green Awards 2009, to be presented at IMEX 2009, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, May 26-29 in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Houston Recovers From Ike
Houston’s meetings infrastructure, for the most part, weathered the fierce category 2 Hurricane Ike that hit the region over the weekend. ...
IAEE Expels a Member
For the first time in its history, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events has moved to expel a member....
New Discussion Groups to Tackle Meeting Sustainability Standards
The Accepted Practices Exchange, an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, has launched a new working group—the APEX Green Meetings and Events Practices Panel, bringing the meetings industry a step closer to developing baseline standards to achieve responsible levels of sustainability. ...
Gaylord to Build Convention Resort in Mesa, Ariz.
Gaylord Entertainment, owner of such properties as Nashville’s sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and the just-opened Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Maryland on the Potomac River, has announced plans to build a resort and convention hotel at the Mesa Proving Grounds in Mesa, Ariz. ...
ASAE to Develop Principles for Social Responsibility
The American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership continues its work on social responsibility...
No Pyramids in Columbus
Experience Columbus, the convention and visitors bureau of Columbus, Ohio, has launched an unusual new marketing campaign—you might be even call it counterintuitive...
Winds of Change
I watched with sick fascination as Hurricane Gustav blew in last weekend, threatening to once again flood New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas and causing the Republican National Convention to severely curtail its opening activities on Monday...
Hotel Industry Posts Gains Despite Lower Occupancies
Despite a downturn in occupancy levels, U.S. hotels posted increases in both average daily rate and revenue per available room for the month of July, according to Smith Travel Research....
ASAE and The Center Diversify
At its annual meeting last week, ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership put some action behind the 2008 diversity initiative announced at last year’s conference by opening the meeting with a panel of diversity experts...
APEX Amps Up Event Management Offering with New Powershop
The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange initiative has launched APEX Powershop, a hosted software application designed to help meeting planners submit RFPs more efficiently. ...
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