The Culinary Workers Local 226 and the Bartenders Union Local 165, both based in Las Vegas, agreed to a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Las Vegas Hilton, a major convention property in the city...

Roughly half of all Americans are more likely to choose airlines, hotels, and rental car companies that are environmentally responsible, but not if the price tag is too high...

Certified Meeting Professionals, while mostly satisfied with the value they get from achieving this professional designation, are looking for improvements to the program, according to a new survey of current and past CMPs commissioned by the...

Passkey International Inc., Quincy, Mass., which offers an Internet-based technology that allows hotels and planners to manage group hotel reservations, has come out with a new product called EventExpress that offers most of the functionality of...

San Francisco International Airport in mid-September opened Registered Traveler lanes designed to speed enrolled travelers through airport security. Verified Identity Pass’s Clear program opened the express security lanes September 18 at both of...

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, which owns the PackExpo International, PackExpo Las Vegas, and PackExpo Mexico shows, is planning to offer something a little different this year: its own Internet television station. Says PMMI vice...

The National Guard Association of the U.S. marched into San Juan, Puerto Rico, in late August for a meeting that attracted close to 4,300 registrants, plus a few thousand more family members. All told, the meeting was worth $10 million to San Juan...

The anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health alleges that Marriott is about to violate its no-smoking policy--which went into effect in September 2006--when its New York Marriott Marquis property hosts an event for Cigar Aficionado magazine...

Long a central meeting locale between East and West, the Hawaii Convention Center is adding another perk for its international meetings: multi-lingual microsites that can contain testimonials, agendas, housing information, and welcome messages...

Meeting Professionals International is making changes to its Professional Education Conference-Europe for 2008—including a new name. The London event, rechristened The European Meetings and Events Conference, marks the first time MPI has brought...