New Contest to Find Faces of the Meetings and Travel Industry
A drive is under way to find a spokesperson for the Meetings Mean Business campaign, and it could be you...
UNITE HERE Splinters, Some Hotel Workers Align With New Union
About 150,000 members of the hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE split off to form a new union, Workers United...
Fight Brewing in Dallas Over Convention Center Hotel
A battle is brewing between Dallas city officials and a taxpayer watchdog group over construction of a $550 million Omni hotel adjacent to the Dallas Convention Center. Ultimately, voters will decide its fate...
Before You Cancel That Meeting
In February 2008, hotel industry research firm PKF Consulting projected a 3 percent increase in revenue per available guest room (RevPAR) for 2008...
Fewer People Are Flying, Says ATA
Airline passenger revenue fell 19 percent in February 2009 compared to February 2008, according to the Air Transport Association of America...
Cape Cod Resort Debuts Ballroom
Cape Cod’s Ocean Edge Resort & Club, in Brewster, Mass., will open its 5,000-square-foot Mansion Ballroom—which the resort touts as the largest luxury ballroom and meeting venue on the Cape—in April...
White House Addresses Vegas Flap, Talks Tourism
It wasn’t an apology, but White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs did clarify remarks made last month by President Obama relating to corporate meetings and incentives...
Legendary Greenbrier Resort Files for Bankruptcy
The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., is the latest luxury property to get hit by the recession. After 231 years in operation, the 721-room resort filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 19...
Survey: Exhibitor Budgets Down
According to the 2009 Exhibit Management Survey, conducted by the Trade Show Exhibitors Association, exhibitors are expecting their budgets for 2009 to shrink, but they still plan to exhibit...
Northern Illinois University Creates Association Resource Center
With the launch of its new Association Resource Center, Northern Illinois University is looking to make its services and resources available to the association community...
Attrition Fees? Not This Year
IMEX Introduces Measurement Track
IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, is introducing Meetings Under the Microscope, a series of 10 free workshops...
CIC Names Hall of Leaders Inductees
Five new plaques will be added to the Hall of Leaders Recognition Pavilion in the Washington Convention Center and in McCormick Place in Chicago...
Las Vegas Suspends Work on Convention Center
Las Vegas’ drastic drop in meetings and conventions business over the last several months has forced the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to suspend a plan to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center...
GMIC’s Million Tons of Trash Challenge
The Green Meeting Industry Council, an association dedicated to sustainability for meetings and events, has a challenge for the industry...
New “Meetings at Sea” Web Portal to Set Sail
Landry & Kling is launching a new service called SeaSite, an online portal that will allow meeting planners to source and plan cruise ship–based meetings...
CVBs Speak Out for Meetings
Some destinations are fighting back against the negative perception of meetings and incentives...
“Grassroots Army” Needed to Fight Negative Perceptions
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, today unveiled the Industry Coalition’s new information and advertising campaign called “Meetings Mean Business” to fight “irresponsible attacks” from the government and the media that are causing, what he characterized as massive cancellations of meetings, incentives, and events, as well as postponements of future bookings...
CEIR Examines the Value of Exhibits
A new study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research puts a price tag on the value of exhibitions...
Travel and Tourism Associations to Co-Locate
Two travel industry associations, the United Motorcoach Association and the National Tour Association, will co-locate their annual conventions starting in 2013....
Publishing Industry Conventions Canceled
Two annual meetings in the publishing industry have been canceled for 2009, both casualties of the economic recession....
17 Cities to Host Discussions about Green Meetings
People interested in the standards being created for greening meetings and events will have an opportunity to comment on them starting the week of March 16, when the first phase of city discussion groups (CDGs) rolls out, according to an announcement made at the Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council in Pittsburgh last week....
Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Indian Gaming
A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has put several potential casino projects across the country into doubt....
Meeting Leaders Convene to Discuss TARP
Meetings and events industry leaders met Wednesday, February 25, in Washington to further an agenda of promoting the positive impact of meetings, events, and incentives at a time of negative attention from the media and government. ...
ASAE Asks Kerry to Reconsider Anti-Meeting Legislation
The American Society of Association Executives has sent a letter to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) asking him to reconsider the bill he introduced to Congress earlier this week—TARP Taxpayer Protection and Corporate Responsibility Act (S. 463). ...
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