Latest NBTA Survey's Recovery Predictions
The National Business Travel Association’s (www.nbta.org) latest survey, released October 1, found that 70 percent of the more than 200 corporate travel...
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Worldwide Caution Announced
The U.S. Department of State issued a Worldwide Caution on September 28 stating that Americans traveling overseas should "review their circumstances carefully and to take any measures they deem necessary to ensure their personal safety" due to heightened concerns about the potential for terrorist activity against American citizens and interests....
9/11: An Ongoing Special Report on the Impact of the Tragic Events of September 11, 2001
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Reality Versus Reporting?
While an estimated 75 percent of meetings, conventions, and trade shows scheduled for September were either cancelled or postponed, there is plenty of good news on the horizon. So why is the news about the hospitality industry so unrelenting bad in the general press?...
Reality Versus Reporting?
While an estimated 75 percent of meetings, conventions, and trade shows scheduled for September were either cancelled or postponed, there is plenty of good news on the horizon. So why is the news about the hospitality industry so unrelenting bad in the general press?...
Events Going Forward in D.C.
The Washington Convention Center Authority has announced that two of its largest events of the year— the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) 2001 Annual Legislative Conference and Natural Products East—will take place as scheduled on September 26 to 29t and October 12 to 14, respectively. The center has remained open since the tragic events of September 11....
Associations Offered Pro Bono Disaster Response Consulting
The Compass Group, a global management consulting firm, is offering associations disaster response consulting services on a pro bono basis due to the postponements and cancellations of events immediately following the September 11 tragedy. The services are offered to assist associations looking to choose the best alternatives in a difficult decision-making time....
IAEM, CEIR, SISO Call for Unity
Exhibition association leaders IAEM, CEIR, and SISO outlined their position on the importance of pulling together after the September 11 tragedy in a joint letter....
ASAE Moves Meeting To New York
The board of directors of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) decided to support New York City’s recovery efforts by moving its November meeting from Buenos Aires to the Big Apple....
ASAE Moves Meeting To New York
The board of directors of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) decided to support New York City’s recovery efforts by moving its November meeting from Buenos Aires to the Big Apple....
Should You Cancel?
The American Society of Association Executives (www.asaenet.org) held an audioconference on September 21 to address the cancellation issues arising from the tragedy. Along with legal and insurance advice, the audioconference included a walk-through of how one association came to the decision about whether or not to cancel a meeting scheduled for October....
ASAE Hold Audioconference on Cancellation Issues
The American Society of Association Executives (www.asaenet.org) held an audioconference on September 21 to address the cancellation issues arising from the tragedy. Along with legal and insurance advice, the audioconference included a walk-through of how one association came to the decision about whether or not to cancel a meeting scheduled for October....
NY Restaurant Association Brings Help to the Table
"Our association has been inundated with phone calls—the first calls were our members asking how they could help," says Rick Sampson, president, New York State Restaurant Association, Albany, N.Y....
"I Was Just Doing My Job"
Cleveland-based independent planning firm Conferon Inc. was actually running a 250-person meeting for the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) in the Marriott World Trade Center when the attack occurred on September 11. "It was a meeting planner’s worst nightmare," says Blake Hobbs, who was running the event for Conferon....
Some Convention Centers Seeing Minimal Impact on Bookings
Chicago’s McCormick Place and the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle are rebounding with hardly a bounce from the September 11 tragedy....
NYC Hotel Update
The status of hotels in World Trade Center area as of 9/21/01:...
CIC Says Majority of Conventions Will Continue
The Convention Industry Council says that anxiety about traveling isn’t stopping people from getting back to business—including attending meetings, conventions, and exhibitions, which were a $96.4 billion industry last year....
Terrorism Preparedness Guidance Available
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last May published a new terrorism preparedness planning guidance for state and local governments. Much of the information also is useful for meeting planners seeking guidance on developing risk management, contingency planning, and disaster control plans for their meetings and conventions....
NEMOA Cancels Conference; DMers Jittery About Travel
Industry conferences and classes have been cancelled following last weeks terrorist attacks on the U.S. and nerves are frayed as direct marketers make travel plans for the Direct Marketing Association's annual conference next month....
AIM Proceeds With Denver Event
The Association for Interactive Media is holding its Denver Interactive Marketing Forum next Tuesday, as previously scheduled. The forum was planned when the September Net.Marketing conference was cancelled because of a low number or registrants....
FAA Explains New Airport Guidelines
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, new airline security measures have been put into effect in the wake of last week’s tragedy....
StarCite, CIC Team Up to Support Industry
The Convention Industry Council and Web-based technology and services provider StarCite have teamed up in a joint initiative called "Operation Cancellation Rescue."...
Associations Take Action
Many associations were in the forefront of the action immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11. Here are just a few who leant a hand—not to mention a tugboat....
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