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....
Palm Beach CVB Restructures After Scandal
Following a scandal in which the former controller of the Palm Beach (Fla.) Convention and Visitors Bureau embezzled about $1.5 million from the organization’s coffers, the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners will allow the CVB to continue to oversee tourism marketing but has decided to take over oversight of the convention center. ...
Passport Requirements for Children Eased
The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax the passport requirements for children who are citizens of the U.S. and Canada traveling into the United States via land and sea....
Condo Hotels on the Rise
The hottest trend in new hotel development these days is condo hotels. ...
Panel Addresses Industry Ethical Issues
A panel of experts gathered at MeetNow! 2007 in New Haven, Conn., to delve into the sticky ethical issues that plague the meeting and hospitality industry. ...
The Carbon-Neutral Event
Move over, “green meeting.” Enter the “carbon-neutral event.” When you bring groups together for a meeting, you are by nature increasing greenhouse gases as people fly and drive to your event. ...
IMEX Expects a Big Turnout in Frankfurt
Europe’s two major international meeting and incentive travel exhibitions—IMEX, a spring show in Frankfurt, and EIBTM, a late fall show in Barcelona—continue to woo attendees with generous hosted-buyer programs and a growing slate of seminars and focused educational and networking opportunities....
Floor Collapse Means Quick Meeting Change in Pittsburgh
The collapse of some concrete flooring in Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center February 5 forced the facility to close temporarily and had several groups scrambling to find different venues or dates for their meetings....
Gaylord Opryland Announces Expansion
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, already one of the larger meeting properties in the U.S., will get 400,000 square feet of new meeting and convention space and an adjacent new 400-room all-suite hotel, according to a proposal released Feb. 12 by Gaylord Entertainment Co. ...
Marriott, Loews Trim the Fat
The move to healthier foods is gaining momentum....
Freeman Shares Pandemic Preparedness Document
We’ve heard it again and again: The avian flu outbreak among birds in Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world has a small but potentially disastrous chance of creating a deadly pandemic in humans. ...
U.S. Travel Leaders Introduce Plan to Attract International Visitors
To improve America’s image abroad and increase international travel to the U.S., the Discover America Partnership—a coalition of U.S. hospitality industry leaders—unveiled a three-part plan last week called Blueprint to Discover America....
New Air Taxes Making U.K. Too Expensive?
A decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the possible impact it will have on air travel into the U.K....
Marriott Centralizes Group Sales in New Orleans
Marriott International has completely reorganized the meeting and convention sales force for its 13 hotels in New Orleans, moving from individual property sales to a 12-member centralized sales team for all Marriott-branded properties in the city. ...
RCMA Exec Receives Honor
The State of Indiana last week gave its highest honor to DeWayne Woodring, longtime executive director of the Religious Conference Management Association. ...
Registered Traveler Programs Finally Roll Out
After more than a year of promise and preparation, Registered Traveler has finally expanded beyond Orlando International Airport. ...
Shifting Skies
The skies were not friendly to travelers in 2006, and while they won't be much kinder in 2007, there are some positive developments afoot for passengers....
Ethics on the Agenda
Ethics will be on the agenda at the MeetNow! 2007 Joint Educational Conference of the WestField and Connecticut River Valley Chapters of Meeting Professionals International, to be held February. 22-23 at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven, Conn....
Hotels Can Expect More Money for the Same Number of Meetings
According to a recent study conducted by PKF Hospitality Research in conjunction with Convention South magazine, 64 percent of meeting planners are planning the same number of meetings in 2007 as they did last year, but they expect greater attendance at these meetings....
Passport Rule Takes Effect Today
The rule requiring citizens of the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Bermuda to present a passport when entering the U.S. by air takes effect today. ...
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