Wall Street Meltdown and Your Meetings
Alarm bells went off in the financial services industry with the onset of the subprime mortgage fiasco in 2007 and the subsequent collapse of Bear Stearns in March of this year. More recently, with the failure of Lehman Brothers, the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, the failures of AIG and Washington Mutual, and the shopping around of Wachovia, the industry has taken one body blow after another....
Hotel Industry Downturn Predicted for 2009
The hotel industry will continue to feel the effects of the economic downturn into 2009 when occupancy rates will bottom out, according to a new report by PKF Hospitality Research....
Congress moves on Travel Promotion Act, Laptop Security
While the nation’s attention has been focused on economic turmoil and the bailout bill, Congress has also been dealing with items affecting business travel and the hospitality/meetings industry....
So Much New Re.: SMMP
In a pre-show survey of meeting managers that CMI conducted in conjunction with The Motivation Show, 45 percent of the 164 respondents said that in the...
New Designation for SMMP Pros
NBTA plans to launch a strategic meetings management certification...
Supplier Relationship Management
From putting put service-level agreements in place with preferred suppliers to developing key performance metrics for measuring vendors to communicating with your preferred suppliers, there are many nuances to SRM...
Get Smart About Meeting Cards
The bottom line: Meeting cards work first as a discovery tool, then as a control, and ultimately as a way to make the entire meeting management process more efficient....
Communicate Companywide
It's not enough to send out a corporate-wide e-mail telling everyone about your new SMMP — you need to spread your message frequently, using a variety of approaches to reach a diverse audience...
The Motivation Show: Traffic Down, Reviews Mixed
Attendance at the 2008 Motivation Show, held last week at Chicago’s McCormick Place, reflected the jitters the entire nation was feeling over the failure of some of the country’s largest financial institutions. ...
Top Takeaways from CMI Thought-Leaders Panel at The Motivation Show
The crowd at last week’s Motivaton Show was abuzz with talk of the economy and the future of meetings and incentives. ...
AMEX Delays 2009 Travel Forecast
The challenges facing meeting managers and travel buyers in 2009 will be much the same as in 2008, but they’ll be facing them in an increasingly tough environment, according to analysts from American Express Business Travel....
Downturn Means Continued Uncertainty for Meetings, Travel
While the upheaval in the financial world in the past several weeks is likely to mean rising unemployment and a possible recession, the financial services industry is sure to be hard hit. And that means more uncertainty for meeting and corporate travel departments in that sector....
First BS 8901 Green Event
Meeting Professionals International held the first event to be certified as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s BS 8901, a standard for sustainable events developed as a guide for planning the 2012 Olympic Games. ...
Marriott Puts Group Commission Tracking Online
Many third-party planning companies weren’t too happy with Marriott International last year when the company’s new rules went into effect requiring them to have certification from the International Airlines Travel Agent Network, the International Air Transport Association, or the Airline Reporting Corp in order to earn commissions. ...
Meetings-Related Questions on the Ballot
Voters are considering a number of state and local ballot questions this fall related to the meetings and conventions industry, from hotel or visitor tax issues to casino questions. Here are three of the most significant:...
Economy Front of Mind, Pre-Motivation Show Survey Says
The economy is weighing heavily on corporate meeting professionals, according to an e-mail survey taken by Corporate Meetings & Incentives and The Motivation Show last week...
IMEX Accepting Green Award Nominees
Nominations are now being accepted for the IMEX Green Awards 2009, to be presented at IMEX 2009, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, May 26-29 in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Houston Recovers From Ike
Houston’s meetings infrastructure, for the most part, weathered the fierce category 2 Hurricane Ike that hit the region over the weekend. ...
IAEE Expels a Member
For the first time in its history, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events has moved to expel a member....
New Discussion Groups to Tackle Meeting Sustainability Standards
The Accepted Practices Exchange, an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, has launched a new working group—the APEX Green Meetings and Events Practices Panel, bringing the meetings industry a step closer to developing baseline standards to achieve responsible levels of sustainability. ...
Gaylord to Build Convention Resort in Mesa, Ariz.
Gaylord Entertainment, owner of such properties as Nashville’s sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and the just-opened Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Maryland on the Potomac River, has announced plans to build a resort and convention hotel at the Mesa Proving Grounds in Mesa, Ariz. ...
NBTA to Launch Strategic Meeting Management Certification
In the last few years, the white papers of the Groups and Meetings Committee at the National Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Va., have taken the lead in defining the concept of a strategic meetings management program...
Dolce Rebrands but Keeps Meetings Focus
Just because Dolce International has rebranded itself as Dolce Hotels and Resorts doesn’t mean that Dolce is turning its back on its conference center heritage—or its corporate customers....
CMI at the Motivation Show
Join Corporate Meetings & Incentives at this year’s Motivation Show, to be held September 23 to 25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. ...
Hotel Industry Posts Gains Despite Lower Occupancies
Despite a downturn in occupancy levels, U.S. hotels posted increases in both average daily rate and revenue per available room for the month of July, according to Smith Travel Research....
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