Industry Leaders to Obama: 7 Ways to Create More Jobs
With nearly 400,000 travel industry jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, both the U.S. Travel Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are urging President Barack Obama to enact legislation that reverses that trend...
Why Not Replace 20 Percent of Business Trips with Videoconferences?
When a comment from an EU Commissioner prompted media headlines saying the European Union had declared war on business trips, much discussion ensued. We look at the subtleties behind the sound bites....
Carina Bauer Promoted to CEO, IMEX Group
Carina Bauer now oversees the two IMEX shows, IMEX Frankfurt and IMEX America. ...
Convention Industry Council's 2010 Hall of Leaders Gala
The 16th Hall of Leaders Gala, the Convention Industry Council’s celebration of the meetings industry’s most influential people, will take place on Monday, January 11, at the Fairmont Dallas...
What the Distressed Hotel Market Means for Meetings
Hundreds of hotels around the country are struggling to survive in the down economy, and the trend has serious implications for meetings and meeting contracts....
ACCME Board to Consider Disclosure Policy at December Meeting
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s board of directors will discuss making changes to its process for handling complaints and inquiries about accredited providers at its meeting in early December. ...
Boston Announces Goals for Convention Growth
Boston hopes to become a larger player on the meetings and conventions scene, announcing yesterday an initiative called T5, aimed at transforming the city over the next decade into one of the top five convention cities in North America....
New Proposal for CME Funding
An industry veteran proposes a model that centers on commercial support consortiums to help CME funding meet today’s challenges. ...
AIBTM Announces America Meetings Week Program
The Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition, the newest addition to Reed Travel Exhibitions’ stable of worldwide travel trade shows, has announced an America Meetings Week program to run concurrently with the exhibition, launching June 21-23, 2011, at the Baltimore Convention Center...
ACCME Pondering New Complaints and Inquiries Policies
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education is considering making public currently confidential identification of CME activities and providers that violated its rules....
CEJA Commercial Support Recommendations: Rejected Again
The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs' report on commercial support was yet again sent back to the drawing board after a third request that AMA adopt its funding recommendations was turned down at a House of Delegates meeting earlier this month....
Las Vegas Scores HIMSS: Chicago Wins ASCO
One of the largest medical meetings in the country has selected Las Vegas as the site of its 2012 annual conference, with officials citing the economy as a critical factor in the decision. ...
Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Rolls Forward; Meetings Casualties Still Uncertain
Pfizer completed its $67 billion acquisition of one-time-competitor Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on October 15, just one in a string of recent mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry. (Think Merck’s November 3 merger with Schering-Plough and Genentech’s March 26 deal with Roche.) According to a variety of sources, plans are already in place to merge the companies’ meetings teams, but Pfizer representatives are staying very close-lipped about the process, and so far, there are more questions than answers. ...
Survey: Association Meetings Executives Optimistic about 2010
International association executives suffered revenue downturns in 2009 but are looking ahead with optimism to 2010, ICCA reports....
J.D. Power European Rankings: Who’s the Crème de la Crème?
For the fifth year, J.D. Power and Associates has ranked European hotels in four levels, based on guest satisfaction surveys. See who's on top...
IMEX Association Day takes shape for 2010
Education and networking fill the day and evening at IMEX Association Day 2010, set for May 24 in Frankfurt. We've got the program....
If You Have Attendees From Overseas, Get to Know ESTA
Meeting planners should get to know the U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorization program, says Helen Marano, director, tourism industries at the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism in Washington...
New Blog Launches for Interactive Meeting Technology
For those interested in the ways tech innovations can bring interaction and dialogue into the meeting environment, a new blog called Interactive Meeting Technology casts a wide net over the subject, with postings from European-based blogger Samuel Smith, who has a background in networking technology....
Exhibitions and the Under-40 Crowd: New Research
How do young professionals view meetings and exhibitions, and what can meeting professionals do to attract them? Those were the central questions explored in a study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, called “The Power of Exhibitions in the 21st Century: Identify, Discover, and Embrace Change from the Point of View of Young Professionals.”...
Commentary: Hotel Defaults—I Want to Believe
As I follow the conversation and listen to hoteliers’ reassurances about the wave of hotel defaults and foreclosures in this brutally tough economy, I’m pretty sure I know what Fox Mulder would say if he were here: I want to believe. ...
New Productivity Tools For Meeting Planners
Even with all the changes seen recently in mobile and social-networking technologies, 2010 may yet be a redefining year for how we communicate with one another. Game-changing hardware, operating systems, and ideas are on the horizon. Here are six to keep an eye on in the coming year...
Carlson Marketing to Be Sold to Canadian Groupe Aeroplan
Groupe Aeroplan Inc., an international loyalty-management corporation headquartered in Montréal, has entered into an agreement with Carlson Companies Inc. to purchase its loyalty-marketing division, Carlson MarketingGroupe Aeroplan Inc., an international loyalty-management corporation headquartered in Montréal, has entered into an agreement with Carlson Companies Inc. to purchase its loyalty-marketing division, Carlson Marketing...
2009 Crystals Sparkle
The winners of the 2009 Crystal Awards have been announced, recognizing innovation, creativity, and return on investment of incentive travel programs and motivational experiences ...
IMEX America Debuts in Vegas in 2011
A partnership between IMEX and MPI brings IMEX America to the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas in 2011. That makes two new mega trade shows for the meetings and incentives industry launching in 2011....
Commentary: Airlines Are Greenwashing...But Do They Know It?
A strong whiff of greenwashing was in the air earlier this month, when the International Air Transport Association confidently presented its sustainability plan to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
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