The economic damage caused by SARS could approach $100 billion, making it one of the costliest diseases to emerge in a decade, according to Bio Economic Research Associates, Cambridge, Mass. A few examples: Air Canada had lost $20 million by early...

War hurts international travel, tourism, and meetings — as we've learned yet again all too recently. Yet these are the activities that have a tremendous potential to promote peace. That's the belief of the International Institute for Peace Through...

A DEVASTATING $5 MILLION potential loss wasn't the deciding factor in the American Library Association's decision in mid-May to go ahead with its June annual convention in Toronto after the initial April outbreak of SARS in the city. “The health...

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As experienced planners of international meetings know, there is less room to negotiate rates and services when it comes to events held outside the U.S. But today's market conditions have changed that situation in many countries...

Pittsburgh's new David L. Lawrence Convention Center is not one of the centers opening across the country with little business booked. Although the grand opening gala is scheduled for September, the center has been hosting groups since March, even...

Food and beverage is a hot topic for conference centers, according to a panel of International Association of Conference Centers' member facility executives who met in New York City last fall to discuss trends in the conference center industry...

February Cover Story Hits Home ...

There's a lot to learn about how to behave in another country simply through observation, “and then doing what others around you are doing,” says Leigh Wintz, executive director of Soroptimist International of the Americas, based in Philadelphia...

Nothing seems to be able to stop the growth of the religious meetings market, a market that has survived and thrived in the post-9/11 era...