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...
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...
Attrition Fees? Not This Year
Dubai Falling Hard
In the United States, cities whose real estate values rose fastest are falling hardest in these challenging economic times. The same can be said for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates...
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...
Travel Industry Leaders Meet with President Obama
On March 11, a group of travel industry leaders met with President Obama to discuss how meetings and travel can help strengthen the economy...
NBTA to Launch Strategic Meetings Management Certification
The National Business Travel Association has a new certification under development that will offer training to meetings, travel, and procurement professionals who want to learn the business behind a successful strategic meetings management program...
Meeting Woes and Cancellations Continue for Financial Industry
As the nation’s economic condition deteriorates, the meetings industry, particularly within the insurance and financial services sector, continues to take more than its fair share of hits...
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...
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....
Have a Question on Savings? Ask the CSMs
No one understands your meeting better than the hotel convention services manager. A truly top CSM has a hands-on relationship with every department in a hotel. Whether it’s having chefs meet with planners to create meals using alternative, less costly ingredients or recommending events that can be held on property to save the expense of transportation, they know how to save your meeting money....
Elegant Doesn't Have to Be Expensive
Whether it’s trading in chicken for “those other white meats”—pork and turkey—or cutting back on the menu but splurging on an elegant dessert, caterers share their ideas on creating a classy menu on a budget....
An Interview With Bill Marriott
At age 74, you wouldn't think it would be on the top of his to do list to start a blog. Yet that is exactly what J.W. (Bill) Marriott, chairman and CEO...
Get Your Company to Use Your SMMP
In the midst of uncertainty and economic calamity, Louann Cashill, CMP, CMM, meeting services manager, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc., Torrance, Calif., is one meeting professional who's having a lot of fun. Why? Every day she comes to work, she's saving her company money through her SMMP...
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. ...
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