Marco Island Marriott: A Bit of Bali in Southwest Florida
Walk out from the glass-walled lobby, a towering A-frame, and stand amid palm trees. Wander down to soft white sand and watch the sun melt into the wide open sea. You could be in Bali. Or you could be at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort & Spa....
More Hotel Supply on the Horizon?
The supply of new hotel rooms in the U.S. could accelerate in the next couple of years if, as economic trends indicate, construction and real estate prices decline, according to a new report by PKF Hospitality Research, Atlanta...
Deal Is Done in Boston: Hotel/Union Sign New Contract
Boston hoteliers and Unite Here Local 26, the union that represents hotel employees in Boston, ended their five-month stalemate late last week by agreeing to a new six-year deal. ...
Airport Security Fast Lane for Little Rock
Verified Identity Pass is about to add Little Rock National Airport to its growing list of Register Traveler customers...
Green Build Best Practices
International Association of Conference Centers Seminar...
IMEX Green Winners
Last week, IMEX, the incentive and meeting exhibition, drew 3,500 hosted buyers to Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Carbon Neutral Airlines
Even airlines are getting into the green movement. Silverjet, a new British airline that launched at the start of the year, bills itself as the first carbon-neutral airline...
MeCo Mansion: Open for (Virtual) Business
Meeting professionals who have not already begun exploring the online world of Second Life may want to consider getting started. The Meetings Community listserv, better known as MeCo, announced yesterday the official launch of the MeCo Mansion, a virtual meeting spot for planners in Second Life’s computer fantasy world created by San Francisco technology company, Linden Lab. ...
Hotel Workers in Boston Authorize Strike
Union activity is heating up in Boston, where the local chapter of the hotel employees union, UNITE HERE, has voted to authorize a strike, if necessary, and workers have picketed in the streets....
Open Skies to Increase Competition for Trans-Atlantic Flights
European Union transport officials have unanimously approved an Open Skies agreement to liberalize air travel between the EU and the U.S. ...
Good News, Bad News for New Orleans
Having hosted two major association conventions in the last two months, New Orleans is starting to regain its stride as a convention destination. ...
JetBlue Goes After the Meetings Market
JetBlue Airways has launched a corporate meetings program, bucking a recent trend that’s seen competitors like Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines completely do away with their meetings products....
Five More Islands Become Tax Deductible for U.S. Meetings
The Netherlands Antilles--which includes the islands of Curacao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius--has joined the list of destinations that, for tax purposes, is considered part of the “North American area.”...
Business Air and Hotel Rates Up Sharply in 2006
Airfares and hotel room rates increased substantially in 2006, according to the 2006 Business Travel Monitor, which was released Monday by American Express Business Travel....
Total Travel to U.S. Is Up, but Not from Japan and Europe
Due to an increase in the number of travelers from Canada and Mexico, the number of international visitors to the U.S. is nearly back to the level it was in 2000....
Free Hurricane Insurance Program Continues in Florida
After a particularly devastating hurricane season in 2004, Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing arm, came up with a reassuring idea: free meeting insurance for groups booking the state in August, September, or October when the storms are most likely to hit. ...
Getting Off a Homeland Security “No-Fly” List
What do Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and meeting professionals Mike Burke, CMP, and Dale Fisher, CMP, have in common? While none of them belongs to a terrorist organization, airline personnel have stopped each because their names are the same as, or similar to, names on terrorist watch lists. ...
New Registered Traveler Airport Fast Lanes
Albany County (N.Y.) Airport Authority and Huntsville International Airport in Alabama have signed on to the Registered Traveler program. ...
Cisco Buys WebEx
Cisco Systems, the San Jose, Calif.–based technology giant, has agreed to buy WebEx, a leading provider of webconferencing and online meeting technology, for about $3.2 billion. ...
Congress Works to Improve Foreign Travelers’ Experience
The U.S. Senate last week passed homeland security legislation designed to ease travel for foreign travelers entering the country...
Small-Meeting Technology Gets Big Upgrade
Hilton Hotels Corp. on March 15 relaunched its online booking tool for small meetings. ...
Ambassadors Purchases Windstar
Ambassadors International Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., will acquire Windstar Cruises from Holland America Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc. ...
Timeline for Las Vegas Center Renovations in Question
Officials at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are grappling with the timeline for the multi-million dollar renovation of the city’s convention center. ...
Listserv Plans to Build a Mansion
The Meetings Community, an industry educational listserv commonly known as MeCo, has announced that it will soon have a home in Second Life, a booming online world where participants move around and chat as avatars. ...
Disney to Add Ocean Liners
Disney Cruise Line plans to add two new ocean liners to its fleet. The ships, which are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012, will more than double the line’s passenger capacity and help Disney meet demand for its cruise business, which hosts a range of corporate meetings and incentive groups....
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