The chief executive officer of a leading meeting and incentive travel company and the president of a major industry association are among five leaders who will be inducted into the Convention Industry Council’s prestigious Hall of Leaders, which...

Marriott International last week issued an FAQ document for group intermediary partners in response to questions regarding its controversial new policies on paying third parties’ hotel room commissions on meetings business...

“There’s a fundamental problem with speaker evaluation sheets,” says Jeffrey De Cagna, chief strategist/founder of Principled Innovation LLC, and co-author of We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change. “They...

After receiving criticism from travel, trade, and privacy groups, the Department of Homeland Security has extended the comment period for its Automated Targeting System...

In advance of new regulations requiring all travelers entering the U.S. to have a passport, the Travel Industry Association has launched a new Web site to ease the process of getting one...

Marriott International is changing the rules about how commissions are paid to independent meeting planners and other group intermediaries. After January 1, 2007, contracts for meetings convening after June 1, 2007, will include a clause that says...

I spoke with a person recently who had an interesting perspective on meeting planning...

Sixteen RCMA members recently became certified meeting professionals...

Congress has extended a controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative deadline by 17 months, making June 1, 2009, the new deadline by which people traveling by land or sea from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico, and Canada must have a...

Airlift capacity to New Orleans came into question recently when Microsoft Corp., citing the logistical challenges associated with reduced flights, decided to relocate three conferences it had planned for the Crescent City in 2007. Microsoft...