Last Chance to Register for FICP Education Forum
Registration for Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Education Forum is filling up fast. It will take place June 18 to 20 at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.. ...
Wynn Announces New Upscale Convention Center for Vegas
The fairways on the Desert Inn golf course behind the Las Vegas Strip will soon be torn up to make way for exhibit halls and hotel rooms. ...
Green Meeting Association Picks Director, Management Company
The Green Meeting Industry Council’s search for a new executive director has ended. The Portland, Ore.–based organization has appointed Tamara Kennedy Hill to the role, effective May 15. ...
Georgia World Congress Center Reopens After Tornado
The three buildings of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta have officially reopened after 42 days of construction after a tornado that severely damaged the facility March 14. ...
Higher Compensation Caps for Bumped Air Passengers
There’s less than two weeks to go before new Federal regulations increase significantly the compensation for airline passengers who get bumped involuntarily...
U.S. Court: Laptops Can Be Seized Without Cause at Borders
If a U.S. Border Patrol agent wants to look at—and inside—your laptop when you cross the U.S. border—he doesn’t need a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to perform the search, a U.S. court has held....
“Global Entry”: New Program to Speed U.S. Customs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing an expedited screening process for low-risk U.S. travelers entering the country from international destinations. ...
Visa Waiver Program to Expand
Expansion of the Visa Waiver Program beyond the existing 27 VWP countries is progressing as the United States has signed memorandums of understanding with several countries seeking to join the program....
IMEX 2008 Breaks Records, Recognizes Global Achievements
Don’t tell the international meetings and incentives industry there’s an economic slowdown in the U.S.: IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, enjoyed a series of record highs, according to IMEX Chairman Ray Bloom, who spoke at the close of the show, which took place April 22-24, in Frankfurt, Germany....
Webinars: Everybody’s Doing It
Webinar use is on the rise among meeting professionals, according to a survey of the readers of MeetingsNet Extra, a weekly e-newsletter from the MeetingsNet magazines. ...
Shades of Green for Financial and Insurance Planners
A recent survey of the readers of Financial & Insurance Meetings revealed that industry planners are personally committed to green meetings and events, but their companies are slower to get on board....
SITE Crystal Competition Kicks Off
The highest honor in the incentive industry—the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives’ Crystal Awards—began accepting applications for this year’s competition on Wednesday, April 23. ...
Springtime—and Terror—at Disneyland Paris
Whether it’s Orlando, Anaheim, Hong Kong, or Paris, one this is certain: Disney sure knows how to put on a celebration....
Revenues Up, Exhibition Industry Grows
The exhibition industry grew 3.2 percent in 2007, buoyed by strong gains in revenues and attendance, according to the fifth annual CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas....
Sheraton Embarks on Largest Growth Strategy in Brand History
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Starwood’s largest brand, is undergoing an aggressive global expansion that has it opening a new hotel every 12 days in various cities around the world throughout 2008....
IMEX Takes Green Initiatives to the Next Level
Taking place in Frankfurt April 22-24, IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, will add to its environmental best practices with a series of new green initiatives....
NEMICE ’08: Many Planners Far Along Green Meetings Curve
Green was on the agenda at this year’s NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. ...
JetBlue Expands Meeting Program
JetBlue Airways, which launched a corporate meetings program in May 2007 called CompanyBlue, last week announced that it’s expanding the program, with significant changes that will be especially appealing to the convention and association market...
Mark Your Calendars: Voluntourism Webinar
Join Corporate Meetings & Incentives’ editor Barbara Scofidio and Elizabeth Henderson, CMP, M.Ed., CMM, director of Canadian development, Meeting Professionals International, Calgary, Alberta, as they participate in a webcast on Meetings & Conventions and VolunTourism. ...
CIC Votes in Two New Members
The Green Meeting Industry Council and the International Association of Professional Conference Organizers have joined the Convention Industry Council....
Learn Leadership Skills at FICP Forum
Anchored around the theme of “Awakening Your Best,” Financial & Insurance Conference Planners 2008 Summer Forum will offer a full roster of workshops, panels, and experiential presentations aimed at helping attendees expand their leadership potential. ...
Meeting Organizer Defaults: Attendees Get the Bill
According to recent news reports the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa is holding attendees responsible for paying the bills still owed by the organizers of a meeting they attended in October last year....
Two More Airlines Are Grounded
ATA Airlines and Skybus Airlines both went belly up last week, the second and third carriers to abruptly cease operations in the span of a week. ...
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Newest Hotel in Seaport District
“Delightful luxury” is one of the brand pillars of Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, and it certainly holds true at the chain’s newest property, The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. ...
Virtualis: Experience a Wow Meeting Environment
If you’ve ever looked for an excuse to try out the 3-D online environment called Second Life, here’s a good one: The grand opening of Virtualis, an eye-popping event island complete with convention center, exhibition spaces, and The Joan Eisenstodt Learning and Community Matters Center, a way-way-way-outside-the-box venue....
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