Continental-United: What Will It Mean for Meetings?
The proposed merger is a mixed bag for meeting managers....
Nashville Recovering From Flood, Opryland Still Closed
The Nashville area has spent this week recovering from historic floods brought on by record-breaking rainfall May 1–2. According to officials at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, many hotels and attractions will be open this Saturday, May 8, but some major properties, including Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, have not set their reopening dates....
Commentary: It Doesn't Take a Boycott to Drive Away Business
In the week after Arizona legislated racial profiling with the passage of the shameful SB 1070, meeting professionals have been gripped by discussions of whether Rep. Raúl Grijalva...
Effects of Disasters—Natural and Unnatural—on Meeting Cities
Natural and unnatural disasters threatened to affect tourism and meetings in Nashville, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast region, Boston, and New York City after a weekend of wild weather, the aftermath of an oil spill and a catastrophic water main break, plus a possible terrorist attack. ...
Hospitality Leaders Rally for Arizona
Arizona meetings are getting support from hospitality industry leaders, including the U.S. Travel Association, which has called for an end to the convention boycott called in response to the controversial new immigration law, S.B. 1070. Meanwhile, several more meetings have reportedly been canceled in Arizona, and the man behind the boycott, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., has not softened his stance....
InXpo Integrates Social Networking in Virtual-Event Service
InXpo has rolled out its new Social Suite, which makes two significant upgrades to its virtual-event platform: integration with major social networking sites and a menu of games that can be used to engage the audience...
NBTA Seeks Members for Groups and Meetings Committee
The National Business Travel Association is looking for seasoned industry leaders in strategic meetings management to join its Groups and Meetings Committee. ...
Check In with Barbara Scofidio: Banana Peels Everywhere!
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Risk Assessment Checklist
We asked security experts to give us their critical steps for assessing and mitigating risks at meetings. How many of them do you already do?...
Take Charge of Attendee Safety
The safety and security of attendees is your responsibility. Here’s how you can reduce risk. ...
Arizona Convention Boycott Called in Reaction to Immigration Law
A new immigration bill, S.B. 1070, which was signed into law in Arizona on April 23, has thrust the state into the center of a controversy and provoked local protests as well as a national call for convention boycotts. ...
StarCite Adds One-on-One Meeting Scheduling Tool
StarCite, the Philadelphia-based meetings management technology company, announced yesterday that it has integrated a new scheduling tool for one-on-one meetings into its attendee-management product....
Volcano Stops Keynoter but Spurs Innovation
Meeting professionals for COE, an organization for users of Dessault Systems products, were glued to the news of the Icelandic volcano that began erupting on April 14. The COE annual conference was set to open on Sunday, April 18, in Las Vegas. But with ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano continuing to spread through European airspace, it was clear that flights would be canceled through the weekend, preventing 50 attendees and a keynote speaker from getting to Las Vegas in time for the show....
NBTA and The Wall Street Journal Ask: What Makes Your Business Trips Easier?
Enter the first-ever Business Traveler Innovation Awards...
Commentary: Dividing the Pie at McCormick Place
There may be more than meets the eye behind the high-stakes battle over labor rates and terms of work at Chicago’s McCormick Place. ...
Risk Management for Meetings and Events
A Q&A with author Julia Rutherford Silvers...
Event Photos Come Full Circle
A new concept in event photography, Photosphere 360, creates 360-degree group photos that can be both party favors and part of the entertainment. ...
Fairmont's Tom Storey on 2010
Hotels have refocused on service but haven’t yet raised rates ...
News from Gaming Resorts
The latest from Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Native American casinos...
On Location: Gourmet Disney
If you envision hors d’oeuvres at Walt Disney World as potato puffs shaped like the mouse, prepare your taste buds! ...
ACTE: Business Travel "Stretched to the Limit"
In a survey to its members earlier this week, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives found that most were affected by this week's disruption of flights and many didn't have systems in place to accommodate stranded travelers....
4 Clauses You Need to Know
We tapped two prominent industry lawyers—Stephen Barth, founder of MeetingLawyer.com, and Tyra W. Hilliard, Esq., consultant, speaker, and trainer—to find out which meeting contract clauses put companies at the most risk...
Commentary: Is Eyjafjallajokull Just an Opening Act?
Who would have thought that volcanic ash from Iceland would ground air traffic around the world, with cancellations cascading from Europe to North America and Asia in a matter of days?...
Eruption Disruption: Meetings Scramble After Flight Cancellations
The unprecedented paralysis of European airspace as a result of the ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has had widespread consequences for meetings and events throughout Europe...
What to Do in a Travel Emergency: 4 Tips
Kathy Hall-Zientek, manager of travel services for East Aurora, N.Y.–based Moog Inc., is no stranger to travel emergencies. She has navigated everything from plane crashes to hotel bombings to employee injuries for her travelers at Moog in order to ensure the safety of the staff. Here is the process she embarks on as soon as an alert comes in....
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