The Convention Industry Council and Web-based technology and services provider StarCite have teamed up in a joint initiative called "Operation Cancellation Rescue." Designed to help support the industry in the wake of September 11, the initiative...
Many associations were in the forefront of the action immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11. Here are just a few who leant a hand—not to mention a tugboat...
PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that revenue per available room (revPAR) for 2001 will decline 3.5 to 5.0 percent, the worst performance in the 33 years for which data is available. RevPAR had actually increased 3.6 percent in the first quarter...
As the nation watched the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, paralyzed with horror, people in hotels, convention and visitors bureaus, and virtually every other segment of the meetings...
RCM spoke with Terry Dale, executive vice president, and Nell Barrett, senior vice president, communications, NYC & Company, to get the convention and visitors bureau’s inside perspective on how New York City pulled together to handle the...
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...
Association Meetings spoke with Terry Dale, executive vice president, and Nell Barrett, senior vice president, communications, NYC & Company, just days after the attack to get the convention and visitors bureau’s inside perspective on how New...
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...
