Labor Union Unite Here’s Local 2 and the San Francisco Multi-Employer Group have reached a tentative agreement. Among the provisions are protections for the union’s health and welfare fund, pension improvements, workload reductions for...

Funding and financing sources, joint accountability, opportunities for advocacy, and best practices were the four major topics discussed at the inaugural meeting in June of a new joint committee formed by members of Destination Marketing...

Now that social media such as blogs have filtered into the mainstream when it comes to politics, news, and the technology and entertainment industries, conference organizers are beginning to pick up on the trend—and so they should, says Dmitriy...

ASAE and the Center’s 2006 Annual Meeting: Welcome to the Chimposeum The big buzz from the ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership at its 2006 Annual Meeting and Exposition, held August 19-22 at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center...

Scott L. White, who currently serves as the executive vice president of the Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau, will become the new director of the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau as of October 2. He was selected to head the...

A provision restoring the tax deductibility of travel expenses of spouses who accompany partners on business trips is part of the inheritance tax/minimum wage bill passed by the House of Representatives last week...

Boston’s Logan International Airport’s Terminal A is the first airport terminal in the U.S. to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The terminal joins 550 other types of projects...

The Air Travel Price Index, released last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation, rose 10.3 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year—the biggest year-to-year jump since the index numbers were first...

Have a conference in Boston, New York, or Washington, D.C. this summer? If attendees drive their hybrid cars to one of the Kimpton Hotel properties in those destinations, they'll save money on their room...

The RCMA Board of Directors recently completed a very successful summer board meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The city is experiencing an active and ongoing renaissance, and personnel from the convention and visitors bureau assured us that all is...