Gaylord Cancels Plans for San Diego-Area Convention Resort
Gaylord Entertainment has canceled its plans to develop a $1 billion resort and convention hotel in the bayfront area of Chula Vista, Calif., just south of San Diego...
New Green Meeting Association Fails to Live Up to Claims
The Association for Green Meetings & Events, which launched last spring and in July reported having 236 paying members and 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, has yet to provide most of its promised member benefits and has failed to incorporate under Georgia law or file an application for tax-exempt status, according to the Internal Revenue Service...
APEX Gets New Web Site, Commissioners
The Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange program, also known as APEX, recently received a Web makeover and added two new commissioners to its roster....
New Terminal Opens in Indy
The $1.1 billion Indianapolis International Airport Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal opened November 12. The terminal has 40 gates, including international gates, and will be able to handle up to 12 million passengers per year...
Convention Industry Council Announces 2010 CMP Exam Dates
The Convention Industry Council recently announced the dates and locations for its summer and winter 2010 Certified Meeting Professional examinations...
Meeting Measurement Company Wins Annual Technology Prize
GuideStar Research’s MeetingMetrics has taken home the 2008 technology prize from EIBTM, the Barcelona, Spain-based meetings and incentives exhibition...
Mixed Election Results for Casino Resort Gambling
While America was electing its first African-American president, voters in several states were making decisions on issues impacting the meetings and travel industries...
Travel Industry: On Tap for Obama
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association, is among the travel and tourism industry leaders expressing willingness to help U.S. President-elect Barack Obama understand the industry’s importance to economic recovery. ...
Surviving the Surly Skies
Hilarious tips from Dale Irvin on how manage the indignities of air travel...
Meeting Cancellations: Flexibility for Some in Today’s Market
After American International Group’s cancellation of about 160 meetings, the question on the minds of many meetings industry observers is: How much will the company pay in cancellation fees for backing out of the events—estimated by AIG to be worth about $8 million?...
How Green Is Your Meeting Destination?
Meeting Strategies Worldwide Inc., a Portland, Ore.–based environmental consulting company specializing in the meetings industry, has launched a new Web site designed to help planners select green destinations for their groups....
AMEX Business Travel Forecast: More Scrutiny Ahead
According to the annual “Global Business Travel Forecast and Trends” report, released October 22 by American Express Business Travel, airfares likely will decrease and hotel rates will hold relatively steady—but whatever happens in the air or on the ground, meeting managers can expect more scrutiny as corporations continue to crack down on meetings spend....
EIBTM Offers Education Plus
With the most comprehensive seminar program in its history, EIBTM will take place December 2-4 at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona....
Mitchell's Outlook: Airfares Stabilize, Routes Disappear, Fees Are Here to Stay
One silver lining to the dark economic cloud is that the growing credit crisis and resulting travel cutbacks at many companies is likely to end the upward creep in airline fares, says Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, a Radnor, Pa., organization seeking to influence policy on issues affecting business travelers. ...
Planners and Hotels Cautious in Crisis, DMAI Chairwoman Says
“It’s chaos right now. Every day is a new adventure. There’s nothing in the handbook about weathering an economic downtown, in an election year, with a war on. It’s just a very different time,” says Maura Gast, executive director at the Irving [Texas] Convention and Visitors Bureau....
Financial Fallout: More Negotiating Clout for Planners?
In the wake of the financial crisis, future hotel development will slow to a crawl and we’re likely to see a significant slowdown in all types of travel, says Sean Hennessey, CEO of Lodging Advisors LLC, a hotel consulting company in New York City....
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....
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:...
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. ...
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. ...
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