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....
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...
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. ...
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....
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. ...
Could New Rule Swamp Cruise Industry?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed new regulations that, if approved, could severely affect the cruise industry....
Open Skies, Explained
Forget what you know about getting your groups to Europe. The Open Skies Agreement between the United States and the European Union, which takes effect at the end of March, will eliminate decades of restrictions on the trans-Atlantic airline market....
Green Meeting Standards a Go
ASTM International and the Environmental Protection Agency have taken a major step toward creating universal standards for green meetings...
Fairmont Taps Passkey for Group Reservations
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has hired Passkey to provide online group reservation services at its more than 50 properties worldwide....
JetBlue Now Offering Refundable Fares
After a successful trial in its corporate meetings program, CompanyBlue Meetings, JetBlue Airways has launched refundable fares companywide....
Airline On-Time Performance Declines in 2007
It may not be a news flash to frequent air travelers, but fewer flights were on time and more baggage was mishandled in 2007 than in 2006...
Required: Fingerprints for European Travel?
All travelers entering Europe—including American travelers—will be required to submit biometric data before being allowed to cross Europe’s borders if a European Union proposal comes to fruition....
Orlando Hosts RCMA Conference and Exposition with Style
Record-setting attendance, exceptional speakers, and top entertainment combined to make the Religious Conference Management Association’s 36th Annual World Conference and Exposition one that attendees will remember for years....
Hawaii, Milwaukee Digging Deep to Attract Business
The Hawai‘i Convention Center rolled out a new promotion last month –The 10th Anniversary Destination Package--worth $175,000 in promotional and destination programs to organizations that book the HCC for meetings of 2,500 or more delegates in 2011, 2014, or 2016. Bookings must be confirmed by December 1, 2008....
Four Seasons Among Expansion Plans at Disney World
Whether you’re planning high-end incentives or huge conventions, there is news for your niche in the expansion projects under way at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. Also, one of the theme park’s most popular convention hotels has been “re-imagined.”...
Green Meeting Confab
Green meeting experts, meeting planners, and hoteliers looking to learn more about the biggest trend in the industry will gather in Vancouver, B.C., February 19 to 21 for the 2008 Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference. ...
East, West Airports Add Registered Traveler
Three more airports have jumped aboard the Registered Traveler bandwagon...
New Faces and Initiatives at CIC
The board of directors of the Convention Industry Council has appointed Colin C. Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, interim president and CEO of the CIC, effective immediately....
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