Open Skies to Increase Competition for Trans-Atlantic Flights
European Union transport officials have unanimously approved an Open Skies agreement to liberalize air travel between the EU and the U.S. ...
Good News, Bad News for New Orleans
Having hosted two major association conventions in the last two months, New Orleans is starting to regain its stride as a convention destination. ...
JetBlue Goes After the Meetings Market
JetBlue Airways has launched a corporate meetings program, bucking a recent trend that’s seen competitors like Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines completely do away with their meetings products....
Five More Islands Become Tax Deductible for U.S. Meetings
The Netherlands Antilles--which includes the islands of Curacao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius--has joined the list of destinations that, for tax purposes, is considered part of the “North American area.”...
PCMA Foundation Names Grant Recipients
The Professional Convention Management Association Education Foundation has awarded $132,500 in grants for research and education projects....
Business Air and Hotel Rates Up Sharply in 2006
Airfares and hotel room rates increased substantially in 2006, according to the 2006 Business Travel Monitor, which was released Monday by American Express Business Travel....
Total Travel to U.S. Is Up, but Not from Japan and Europe
Due to an increase in the number of travelers from Canada and Mexico, the number of international visitors to the U.S. is nearly back to the level it was in 2000....
Free Hurricane Insurance Program Continues in Florida
After a particularly devastating hurricane season in 2004, Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing arm, came up with a reassuring idea: free meeting insurance for groups booking the state in August, September, or October when the storms are most likely to hit. ...
Getting Off a Homeland Security “No-Fly” List
What do Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and meeting professionals Mike Burke, CMP, and Dale Fisher, CMP, have in common? While none of them belongs to a terrorist organization, airline personnel have stopped each because their names are the same as, or similar to, names on terrorist watch lists. ...
New Registered Traveler Airport Fast Lanes
Albany County (N.Y.) Airport Authority and Huntsville International Airport in Alabama have signed on to the Registered Traveler program. ...
Cisco Buys WebEx
Cisco Systems, the San Jose, Calif.–based technology giant, has agreed to buy WebEx, a leading provider of webconferencing and online meeting technology, for about $3.2 billion. ...
MPI Announces Dubai Meeting, Singapore Office
Meeting Professionals International announced Sunday a six-part strategy to become a more global organization...
Congress Works to Improve Foreign Travelers’ Experience
The U.S. Senate last week passed homeland security legislation designed to ease travel for foreign travelers entering the country...
Small-Meeting Technology Gets Big Upgrade
Hilton Hotels Corp. on March 15 relaunched its online booking tool for small meetings. ...
Ambassadors Purchases Windstar
Ambassadors International Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., will acquire Windstar Cruises from Holland America Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc. ...
Marketing a Program to Marketers
Meeting industry associations have a tough audience when they plan meetings for meeting planners—just imagine the challenges involved for the Chief Marketing Officer Council, Palo Alto, Calif., when the time comes to market its meetings to senior-level marketing execs across the world in every major vertical. ...
Timeline for Las Vegas Center Renovations in Question
Officials at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are grappling with the timeline for the multi-million dollar renovation of the city’s convention center. ...
Listserv Plans to Build a Mansion
The Meetings Community, an industry educational listserv commonly known as MeCo, has announced that it will soon have a home in Second Life, a booming online world where participants move around and chat as avatars. ...
Disney to Add Ocean Liners
Disney Cruise Line plans to add two new ocean liners to its fleet. The ships, which are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012, will more than double the line’s passenger capacity and help Disney meet demand for its cruise business, which hosts a range of corporate meetings and incentive groups....
Palm Beach CVB Restructures After Scandal
Following a scandal in which the former controller of the Palm Beach (Fla.) Convention and Visitors Bureau embezzled about $1.5 million from the organization’s coffers, the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners will allow the CVB to continue to oversee tourism marketing but has decided to take over oversight of the convention center. ...
Online Excel Training for Meeting Pros
Meeting professionals can hone their Excel skills at an upcoming webinar, organized by the Financial and Insurance Conference Planners association and led by James Spellos, CMP, president, Meetings U. ...
Passport Requirements for Children Eased
The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax the passport requirements for children who are citizens of the U.S. and Canada traveling into the United States via land and sea....
Condo Hotels on the Rise
The hottest trend in new hotel development these days is condo hotels. ...
Panel Addresses Industry Ethical Issues
A panel of experts gathered at MeetNow! 2007 in New Haven, Conn., to delve into the sticky ethical issues that plague the meeting and hospitality industry. ...
The Carbon-Neutral Event
Move over, “green meeting.” Enter the “carbon-neutral event.” When you bring groups together for a meeting, you are by nature increasing greenhouse gases as people fly and drive to your event. ...
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