JetBlue Now Offering Refundable Fares
After a successful trial in its corporate meetings program, CompanyBlue Meetings, JetBlue Airways has launched refundable fares companywide....
Integrate Your Sponsorship Model
Emily Rogers, senior vice president of Chicago-based IEG Advisory Services & Research, would like to see associations rethink the way they approach sponsorship opportunities by offering integrated sponsorships. Association Meetings spoke with her recently to find out how an integrated sponsorship overhaul can result in big increases in revenue....
PCMA Revs Up Revenue by Offering Partnerships, Not Sponsorships
The Professional Convention Management Association views its relationships not as sponsorships, but as long-term strategic partnerships. ...
Airline On-Time Performance Declines in 2007
It may not be a news flash to frequent air travelers, but fewer flights were on time and more baggage was mishandled in 2007 than in 2006...
Required: Fingerprints for European Travel?
All travelers entering Europe—including American travelers—will be required to submit biometric data before being allowed to cross Europe’s borders if a European Union proposal comes to fruition....
Orlando Hosts RCMA Conference and Exposition with Style
Record-setting attendance, exceptional speakers, and top entertainment combined to make the Religious Conference Management Association’s 36th Annual World Conference and Exposition one that attendees will remember for years....
Javits Expansion Scaled Back, Future Growth in Jeopardy
New York State lawmakers are considering a bill that would significantly scale back the expansion plans for the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, and meetings industry suppliers and organizers are not too happy about it....
MPI Kicks Off PEC-NA
The first thing attendees heard as they took their seats during Sunday’s opening general session at Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference-North America was the sound of drumming....
Hawaii, Milwaukee Digging Deep to Attract Business
The Hawai‘i Convention Center rolled out a new promotion last month –The 10th Anniversary Destination Package--worth $175,000 in promotional and destination programs to organizations that book the HCC for meetings of 2,500 or more delegates in 2011, 2014, or 2016. Bookings must be confirmed by December 1, 2008....
Four Seasons Among Expansion Plans at Disney World
Whether you’re planning high-end incentives or huge conventions, there is news for your niche in the expansion projects under way at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. Also, one of the theme park’s most popular convention hotels has been “re-imagined.”...
Who Needs the Oscars When You’ve Got Seattle?
A bunch of striking Hollywood writers--and the directors who are consequently out of work--must have moved to Seattle for the Professional Convention Management Association Annual Meeting the week before last...
Green Meeting Confab
Green meeting experts, meeting planners, and hoteliers looking to learn more about the biggest trend in the industry will gather in Vancouver, B.C., February 19 to 21 for the 2008 Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference. ...
Trendspotting for 2008: MPI’s FutureWatch Survey
Are changes to meeting budgets creating havoc for you? If so, you’re not alone. ...
East, West Airports Add Registered Traveler
Three more airports have jumped aboard the Registered Traveler bandwagon...
New Faces and Initiatives at CIC
The board of directors of the Convention Industry Council has appointed Colin C. Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, interim president and CEO of the CIC, effective immediately....
IMEX Wild Card Winners Announced
Torum, a city on the Vistula River in north central Poland, and the Republic of Armenia, a landlocked country in eastern Europe bordering Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran, will be the guests of IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, when planners and exhibitors descend on Messe Frankfurt in Germany, April 22-24. ...
Travel and the Presidential Debate
The Travel Industry Association launched its “Change the Debate” campaign in South Carolina, where travel industry leaders were on the ground at the Republican debate on January 9, looking to inject travel-related issues into the Fox-televised forum....
Hotel Market Will Cool in 2008
The hotel market will cool in 2008 but remain a seller’s market, according to PKF Hospitality Research, Atlanta....
Omni Hotels First to Launch Mobile Phone Check-In
Guests of Omni Hotels can now check in using their Web-enabled mobile phones, and their room keys will be waiting for them when they arrive....
No Dampened Spirits at PCMA
While the weather was a bit overcast yesterday, the mood at the Professional Convention Management Association’s Annual Meeting, going on now at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, is upbeat. ...
Six DMC Trends for 2008
Destination management companies have been a critical component of corporate meetings for over four decades, but the role of DMCs is changing, driven by an evolution of the needs, expectations, and requirements of meeting planners. ...
Fans of Baseball--and CVBs--Take Note
Whether or not you’re a baseball fanatic, you’ll appreciate the insights of sports-management legend Stan Kasten, president of the Washington Nationals baseball team. ...
New Battery Rules for Airline Passengers
The U.S. Department of Transportation has determined that lithium batteries are a potential fire hazard, and as a result, as of January 1, airline passengers are no longer allowed to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage....
Bookings in Boston on the Rise
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is anticipating a 14 percent increase in meeting attendance in 2008 at its two facilities: the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and the Hynes Convention Center. ...
ASAE Conference Looks at State of Technology in Associations
Tech-savvy association meeting planners--and those who would like to be--might find the latest technology strategies and solutions at the American Society for Association Executives 2008 Technology Conference and Expo...
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