The crowd at last week’s Motivaton Show was abuzz with talk of the economy and the future of meetings and incentives. That buzz started in a Tuesday morning session room, where a panel of experts offered their thoughts on the state of the industry...

The challenges facing meeting managers and travel buyers in 2009 will be much the same as in 2008, but they’ll be facing them in an increasingly tough environment, according to analysts from American Express Business Travel...

While the upheaval in the financial world in the past several weeks is likely to mean rising unemployment and a possible recession, the financial services industry is sure to be hard hit. And that means more uncertainty for meeting and corporate...

Meeting Professionals International held the first event to be certified as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s BS 8901, a standard for sustainable events developed as a guide for planning the 2012 Olympic Games...

Many third-party planning companies weren’t too happy with Marriott International last year when the company’s new rules went into effect requiring them to have certification from the International Airlines Travel Agent Network, the International...

Voters are considering a number of state and local ballot questions this fall related to the meetings and conventions industry, from hotel or visitor tax issues to casino questions. Here are three of the most significant...

The economy is weighing heavily on corporate meeting professionals, according to an e-mail survey taken by Corporate Meetings & Incentives and The Motivation Show last week. The survey went to 165 corporate end users who will be attending the...

Nominations are now being accepted for the IMEX Green Awards 2009, to be presented at IMEX 2009, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, May 26-29 in Frankfurt, Germany...

Houston’s meetings infrastructure, for the most part, weathered the fierce category 2 Hurricane Ike that hit the region over the weekend...

The Accepted Practices Exchange, an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, has launched a new working group—the APEX Green Meetings and Events Practices Panel, bringing the meetings industry a step closer to developing baseline standards...