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Jun 01, 2008
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Green Alliance Event to Explore Renewable Energy for Meetings
May 23, 2008
The Convene Green Alliance, a membership organization of more than 60 associations and industry partners, will hold an educational event June 19, at the JW Marriott Hotel Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The event will explore renewable...
American to Charge for All Checked Bags
May 22, 2008
To offset soaring fuel costs, American Airlines has announced it will start charging passengers for all checked baggage...
Hawaii Sees Boost in International Attendees
May 19, 2008
A marketing initiative by the Hawaii Convention Center to help association clients build international attendance resulted in a 10 percent increase in foreign visitors at Hawaii meetings last year...
Open Skies Leads to OpenSkies: New Airline Gets DOT Approval
May 19, 2008
Record oil prices are pushing costs up, an economic downturn is sending demand down, and the memory of the demise of two all-business-class trans-Atlantic carriers—Eos and Maxjet--is still fresh, but a new premium airline is set to begin selling...
South Central Update: Courtship of Meetings Business Continues
South Central Update: Courtship of Meetings Business Continues
May 16, 2008
There may be a housing crisis nationwide, but the meetings business is still being courted with downright ferocity in the South-Central states, where billions of dollars are being spent on new hotels, venues, convention centers, and mass transit ...
Wynn Announces New Upscale Convention Center for Vegas
May 13, 2008
The fairways on the Desert Inn golf course behind the Las Vegas Strip will soon be torn up to make way for exhibit halls and hotel rooms...
Green Meeting Association Picks Director, Management Company
Green Meeting Association Picks Director, Management Company
May 12, 2008
The Green Meeting Industry Council’s search for a new executive director has ended. The Portland, Ore.–based organization has appointed Tamara Kennedy Hill to the role, effective May 15. Hill comes to the GMIC from Travel Portland, the city’s con...
Sarfati to Leave ASAE and The Center
May 08, 2008
“In everyone’s career and everyone’s life there’s a season, and a while ago it just seemed that it was time for me to move on,” said Susan Sarfati, CAE, executive vice president at the American Society of Association Executives and president and...
Financial Services Society Gives Back
May 07, 2008
The Risk Insurance Management Society donated $10,000 to a local school serving disadvantaged children during its recent annual meeting in San Diego...
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