News of meeting cancellations, especially for those scheduled for the weeks following the tragedy, is everywhere. Chuck Lane, assistant vice president public relations and meeting services for Humana, said his firm cancelled a business program in...

Many planners are scrambling to understand force majeure clauses and their potential impact on future meeting cancellations. Industry attorney Tyra Hilliard, with the Atlanta-area firm Sumner & Associates, P.C., explains what it's all about...

Most major hotel chains have announced a relaxation of their cancellation policies in light of the September 11 tragedy...

News of meeting cancellations, especially those scheduled for this week and next, populated the MIM (Meeting Industry Mall) listserve on Tuesday and Wednesday. As did offers of help and advice...

McCord Group Travel Services (www.mccordgrouptravel.com) has partnered with Cardinal Communications, providers of RegWeb meeting registration and management (www.cardinalweb.com), to be able to quickly develop customized registration Web sites for...

Dallas-based Wyndham International has partnered its WyndhamByRequest and Women on Their Way programs to help support breast cancer research on its guests’ behalf. When a guest joins ByRequest, which encourages guests to ask for items that enhance...

Dallas-based Wyndham International has partnered its WyndhamByRequest and Women on Their Way programs to help support breast cancer research on its guests’ behalf. When a guest joins ByRequest, which encourages guests to ask for items that enhance...

Conferon, a Twinsburg, Ohio-based independent meeting planning firm, and seeUthere, an event automation services company in Santa Clara, Calif., have formed an alliance that should bring e-benefits to Conferon's association clients...

The George P. Johnson Co., based in Auburn Hills, Mich., has promoted David Rich to executive director of program strategy and experience design for IBM worldwide. The George P. Johnson Company is IBM's global event marketing agency. Most recently...

Destination research topped the list for the second year running, although the percentage dropped from 83 in 2000 to 69 in 2001. The drop in part may be due to a wording change on the questionnaire (this year’s survey only asked how they were...