Buy Now! Hotel Panel Sees Higher Group Rates Ahead
With the recession and bad press making companies gun-shy about holding meetings, short-term bookings have become the norm. But that trend is about to be reversed, say hoteliers....
Certain Makes Meeting Data Mobile for Planners and Participants
Certain Software is getting into mobile meeting communications with the release of Certain Meetings 6.0, the latest version of its meeting management software. ...
Commentary: In Air Regulation Drama, We're the Consumers
Imagine if an event company or facility kept raising prices and cutting service, created huge logistical roadblocks for customers, proved incapable of turning a profit, then pushed back on regulators’ attempts to smarten up their practices?...
What Does the Southwest/AirTran Merger Mean for Meetings?
The $1.4 billion acquisition of AirTran Airways by Southwest Airlines, announced on September 27, is likely to mean a bump in fares for meeting travelers. What’s uncertain is if the merged carrier will have a discount program for meetings. ...
Maritz Gathers Clients, Experts at Meeting & Incentive Forum
Meeting and incentive travel giant Maritz gathered clients at its Meetings, Events and Incentives Forum to discuss meeting industry trends, the art of effective meeting design, and what neuroscience has to do with face-to-face events....
Event Twitter Survey Recommends Courting Your Power Tweeters
Eighty percent of messages posted to micro-blogging site Twitter about a specific event tend to be made by just 35 percent of registrants, according to a survey released in September. ...
Commentary: When Conversations Go Off-Message
The flurry of comments on my recent column about climate change, “Opryland Under Water,” pointed to the communication pitfalls that await any meeting whose message runs too far out of control....
Set Your DVR: Hotel CEO on "Undercover Boss" Reality TV Show September 26
Steve Joyce, president and CEO of Choice Hotels International in Silver Spring, Md., goes under cover at some of the company's hotels in the season premiere of the hit reality series "Undercover Boss." ...
HCEA Names 2009’s Largest Healthcare Conventions, Top Medical Meeting Destinations
The Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association has compiled a list of the 50 largest medical conventions held in the United States last year, and the top 20 destinations for healthcare meetings in 2009. ...
Last Chance: Comment on DOT's Proposed Airline Consumer Protections
Thursday, September 23, marks the final day for public comment on the Department of Transportation's proposed "Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections" rule. If adopted, the new policies will strengthen tarmac-delay regulations, improve compensation for passengers who are denied boarding, and address passenger frustration over airline fees and other consumer information issues....
Commentary: Four Takeaways from a Hybrid Meeting that Worked
Over the last few days, I've been slowly returning to Earth after soaring through the innovative design and timely content of EventCamp Twin Cities, a hybrid meeting that brought 100 participants to Minneapolis September 9; small groups of live attendees to Dallas and Basel, Switzerland; and virtual attendees to a reported 164 desktops across North America....
Perception Preparedness—or How U.S. Travel is Using the BP Spill to Create a Disaster Road Map
With a recent study showing that Gulf Coast states could suffer $23 billion in lost spending as a result of the BP oil spill, the U.S. Travel Association is moving at full speed to help. Countering negative publicity, encouraging a Gulf Coast vacation for President Obama, and leaning on Administrator Kenneth Feinberg to apportion relief money to businesses affected by the perception of oil as well as the presence of oil, the association and its leader, Roger Dow, aim to make it through this crisis with a road map for handling future natural and manmade disasters. ...
Industry Execs Named to Corporation for Travel Promotion Board
Hoteliers and convention and visitor bureau chiefs are among the first 11 travel and tourism industry leaders recently named to the new Corporation for Travel Promotion board of directors....
Salt Palace Convention Center to Install Rooftop Solar Array
The Salt Palace Convention Center will be home to the nation’s largest array of rooftop solar panels by January 2011....
Regulating Medical Meetings: What Planners Need to Know
Experts answer your compliance questions about interactions between industry and healthcare providers at medical meetings and events....
Incentives to Increase, Results Measurement Essential, Study Says
The latest research from Site Global has proven that incentive travel is making a comeback—and that more companies are measuring the impact of their trips....
CVB Execs on Medical Meeting Trends
Because they spend a lot of time tracking trends in the various market segments they want to host in their cities, we asked some professionals at destination marketing organizations to give their perspectives on the state of medical meetings. Here’s what they see coming down the pike....
AAPM Meeting Gives Back in Philadelphia
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine’s 52nd Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in July was mostly about technological advances in medical imaging and radiation therapy, but its organizers also ensured the program included some human touches...
Medical Meetings Announces Life Sciences Conference Coming to California
The 3rd Life Sciences Meeting Management Forum—West Coast is coming to the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego December 8-9. ...
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Announces Partnership with Marriott International’s Autograph Collection
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, an independent luxury brand opening December 15, 2010, has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Marriott International’s Autograph Collection. ...
Commentary: Opryland Under Water—What Have We Learned?
The sight of the Opryland Hotel under water in May marked the beginning of an extreme weather season, highlighting for me the vulnerability of the meetings economy to effects of climate change....
Penton’s Trade Shows Announce Exclusive Housing and Registration Partners
Penton Media Inc. names onPeak its exclusive housing vendor and CompuSystems Inc. its exclusive registration vendor for all trade shows....
Denver’s First Green Seal–Certified Hotel: Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco Denver
Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco Denver has become the first hotel in Denver and the third in Colorado to attain the Silver Green Seal Certification. ...
Best Meeting Technology to be Recognized at EIBTM
One of the most-watched awards in the meetings industry is the meeting technology company recognized in the annual Worldwide Technology Watch by EIBTM...
Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage The Villas at Snowmass Club
Destination Hotels & Resorts has acquired The Villas at Snowmass Club in Colorado, and will manage and market the property in conjunction with the rest of the company’s Destination Resorts Snowmass collection....
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