When historians look back on the early days of social media — the days we're living in now — they might find that some of the earliest “killer apps” for interactive technologies relied on the power of face-to-face meetings...
The hotel industry will end the year with near double-digit percentage declines in the major metrics used to measure performance, according to projections from Smith Travel Research, Hendersonville, Tenn. But while the slide is expected to...
A new study by ASAE and The Center reveals a growing interest by association professionals in attending virtual meetings. The study is a follow-up to one that was conducted in January 2009; both surveys measure how association professionals have...
Forty percent of exhibitors use online social media to promote their exhibits, according to a new study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research...
Reacting to the outcry over the firing of 98 housekeepers at three Boston-area Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced September 25 that it has found full-time jobs in the Boston market for the displaced workers...
A company set up to reward households for recycling might hold the key to one of the meetings industry’s most serious environmental challenges. Meetings and events generate the second-highest volume of waste of any industry. Only construction...
The firing of 98 housekeepers at three Boston-area Hyatt hotels has created a storm of protest. Hotel workers, supporters, and politicians have rallied outside Hyatt properties in Boston and Chicago, at least one group canceled its meeting, and...