Nearly 70 financial and insurance meeting planners and hospitality partners gathered at the Marriott Hartford Downtown in Hartford, Conn., January 6 to 8, for the FICP Northeast Chapter Meeting. “The chapter meetings offer the same benefits as the...
As he crisscrosses the country on the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is filling up arenas and halls like no candidate in recent history. In February, campaign stops in Minneapolis; Hartford, Conn.; Seattle; and...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed new regulations that, if approved, could severely affect the cruise industry...
Forget what you know about getting your groups to Europe. The Open Skies Agreement between the United States and the European Union, which takes effect at the end of March, will eliminate decades of restrictions on the trans-Atlantic airline...
ASTM International and the Environmental Protection Agency have taken a major step toward creating universal standards for green meetings. On February 14, about 25 stakeholders, including representatives from the Convention Industry Council and...
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has hired Passkey to provide online group reservation services at its more than 50 properties worldwide...
After a successful trial in its corporate meetings program, CompanyBlue Meetings, JetBlue Airways has launched refundable fares companywide...
It may not be a news flash to frequent air travelers, but fewer flights were on time and more baggage was mishandled in 2007 than in 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, issued last week...