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. The deadlines for border-crossing rules brought about the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative are a...

Globalization was the watchword as Meeting Professionals International got off to a successful start to its 2007 Professional Education Conference in New Orleans...

The Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau has named its new president to replace Bill Peeper, who retired after 22 years at the post. Gary C. Sain, chief marketing officer and a partner at the Orlando-based hospitality advertising...

The Washington, D.C,. Convention Center Authority is holding a silent auction for a meeting package worth approximately $500,000, Reba Pittman Walker, chief executive officer and general manager at the WCCA, announced at the Professional...

Denver beat out New York to win the bid for the Democratic National Convention, August 25-29, 2008. It will be the largest "traditional" convention in Denver's history, according to Richard Scharf, Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau...

New Orleans is suffering through an outburst of deadly violence as the city gets set to host next week’s Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference...

If there was a common theme at The Special Event 2007, held last week in Los Angeles, it was that this industry, which started out as a cottage industry (or a "garage industry," as insiders like to describe it) has finally evolved into a...

Within the next two years, Pennsylvania expects to see the opening of five casinos, including two waterfront casinos in Philadelphia, less than 60 miles from the East Coast’s premiere gambling destination of Atlantic City, N.J...

Following in the footsteps of British Airways, Air France has reached an agreement with Verified Identity Pass to sponsor a Registered Traveler program at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 1, which is expected to start screening passengers as...

The Professional Convention Management Association, meeting in Toronto this week for its 51st Annual Meeting, honored Donald S. Freeman Jr., CEO and chairman of the board of Dallas-based Freeman, with its 2006 Distinguished Member Award. The award...