Sheraton Embarks on Largest Growth Strategy in Brand History
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Starwood’s largest brand, is undergoing an aggressive global expansion that has it opening a new hotel every 12 days in various cities around the world throughout 2008....
Medical Meetings Hit Slump in 2007
The medical sector of the exhibition industry had its slowest growth in at least seven years in 2007 with revenues actually declining, according to the latest CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas....
NEMICE ’08: Many Planners Far Along Green Meetings Curve
Green was on the agenda at this year’s NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. ...
JetBlue Expands Meeting Program
JetBlue Airways, which launched a corporate meetings program in May 2007 called CompanyBlue, last week announced that it’s expanding the program, with significant changes that will be especially appealing to the convention and association market...
CIC Votes in Two New Members
The Green Meeting Industry Council and the International Association of Professional Conference Organizers have joined the Convention Industry Council....
House Introduces Version of Sunshine Act
A new bill introduced in Congress would require pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies to disclose any payments or gifts made to physicians...
Meeting Organizer Defaults: Attendees Get the Bill
According to recent news reports the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa is holding attendees responsible for paying the bills still owed by the organizers of a meeting they attended in October last year....
Two More Airlines Are Grounded
ATA Airlines and Skybus Airlines both went belly up last week, the second and third carriers to abruptly cease operations in the span of a week. ...
Virtualis: Experience a Wow Meeting Environment
If you’ve ever looked for an excuse to try out the 3-D online environment called Second Life, here’s a good one: The grand opening of Virtualis, an eye-popping event island complete with convention center, exhibition spaces, and The Joan Eisenstodt Learning and Community Matters Center, a way-way-way-outside-the-box venue....
Homeland Security Sets Final Passport Date
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule ordering that the land and sea requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative go into effect June 1, 2009....
Keeping Association Meetings Forever Young
While a 27-year-old association is considered relatively young, it’s not unusual to find those that conduct their annual meetings the same way year after year, becoming stale despite their relative youth. ...
Aloha Airlines Shuts Down Passenger Service
After filing for bankruptcy less than two weeks ago, Aloha Airlines announced that March 31, 2008, was its last day of passenger operations....
Tinnish to Head Up APEX
Sue Tinnish, a professional meeting planner, trainer, and facilitator, and an active volunteer member of the Educational Advisory Council of APEX, the Accepted Practices Exchange initiative, has been named the director of APEX....
Corporate Event Disaster Costs Atlantic City Casino
The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has been ordered to pay a company more than $200,000 in damages and fees as a result of a corporate event that went seriously awry...
Exclusive Survey Data Presented at Pharma Forum
At the Fourth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, held last week in Baltimore, speakers presented new eye-opening statistics and offered valuable insights into establishing a global meetings program. ...
TSA Expands New Three-Tier Security Lane System
Last week, the Transportation Security Administration expanded a pilot program launched in February that allows travelers to select an airport security lane based on their level of experience with airport regulations. ...
Alliance Webinar Addresses Big Picture CME
In the first of a series of webinars produced by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, a panel of CME leaders addressed ways to incorporate CME into the “big picture” at their organizations. ...
Mass. Bill Would Ban Gifts to Docs
The Massachusetts State Legislature is considering a bill that would ban gifts from pharmaceutical companies to physicians. ...
Airlines to Charge for Second Piece of Luggage
Pack light or pay more. That’s the message two U.S. airlines have given their customers with announcements they will be charging extra for checking a second piece of luggage...
GMIC Looks for New Leader; Green Meetings Google Group Formed
The Green Meeting Industry Council has begun its official search for a new executive director to replace Shawna McKinley who has held the position since October 2006....
Online Registration Companies Merge
Two major online meeting registration providers—San Francisco–based Certain Software Inc. and Brisbane, Australia–based Amlink Technologies announced a merger last week....
Senate Probes Medical Societies
When Merck and Schering-Plough released data from a clinical trial of cholesterol medication Vytorin showing that it worked no better than a much cheaper generic, the companies were widely accused in the media of deliberately delaying the release of the findings for 20 months in order to boost profits—prompting the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to investigate. ...
News From the 2008 Green Hospitality Conference
There was a buzz around this year’s Greening the Hospitality Industry conference, held in Vancouver February 19 to 21. ...
Mega Ferris Wheel, Casinos, and New Hotel Plans Shape Singapore
A good meal can do wonders for jet lag, so when I arrived in Singapore after my 18-hour flight, I decided to forgo sleep and, instead, do as the locals do when hunger strikes: visit one of Singapore’s many “hawker centers” for a sampling of the diverse cuisine. ...
Obama-Mania Hits Virginia Beach
As he crisscrosses the country on the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is filling up arenas and halls like no candidate in recent history. ...
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