U.S. Travel’s Freeman Hopeful About Treasury Guidelines
If you’re hearing and reading less about the negative perception of meetings and incentive travel, it’s no accident...
Floating Hotel Rooms Used for Summit of the Americas
What do you do when you’re planning a high-profile meeting in a destination that doesn’t have enough hotel rooms? The organizers of the Summit of the Americas brought in floating hotels...
Starwood Accuses Hilton of Corporate Espionage
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has filed a lawsuit accusing Hilton Hotels Corp. of “aiding and abetting” two Hilton executives...
Bermuda’s Newest: Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa
Bermuda’s first new resort in 37 years, Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa, opened in April in Tucker’s Town on the east end of the island...
Javits to Be Expanded and Renovated
The long and winding road to expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City is nearing an end...
What’s (Re)Negotiable?
Hotels are making unprecedented concessions these days, including no-attrition guarantees. But what if you negotiated your contract before the market turned to the buyer’s favor? ...
Meeting Pros Reach Out to Massachusetts Lawmakers
A small group of politicians and event industry leaders gathered for a breakfast meeting on the final day of NEMICE to discuss how meetings and events can be part of the economic solution...
FICP Forum Session to Focus on Change and “Changemakers”
The past year has seen some of the biggest changes in the history of the financial services industry, making the subject of one of the sessions at the upcoming FICP Forum more relevant than ever...
Hawaii Looks to Obama for Help
Hard hit by an epidemic of meeting cancellations, Hawaii is turning to favorite son President Barack Obama for some needed relief...
Bill Seeks to Limit Compensation, Not Incentives
The Pay for Performance Act of 2009 passed the House of Representatives last Wednesday, giving the Treasury Department the power to define what constitutes “unreasonable and excessive” compensation at companies that have received federal bailout money...
MILO Broadens its Mission
The only “for women only” national organization in our industry is adding another element to its annual golf event: education...
Engagement: New Site International Foundation White Paper
The timing couldn’t be better for the release of the new white paper, entitled “Engagement,” from the Site International Foundation...
New Contest to Find Faces of the Meetings and Travel Industry
A drive is under way to find a spokesperson for the Meetings Mean Business campaign, and it could be you...
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
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...
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