Bridging the gap between corporate meeting professionals and procurement executives just got a little easier now that the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va., and the American Purchasing Society, Aurora, Ill., have formed a...

Using its recent Professional Education Conference–Europe as it resource laboratory, Meeting Professionals International has released a white paper that, it says, reaffirms the impact effective “learning” meetings have on ROI for both the meeting...

The Incentive Research Foundation hosted its first event, the IRF Incentive Invitational, this past weekend at the Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Slots for suppliers sold out a few weeks before the two-day...

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors approved the budget, timeline, and plans for the renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Most of the work will be completed in 2010, as initially planned, although some...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has joined the ranks of organizations that are rethinking the impact of their meetings on the environment. Starting May 1, the government agency changed the rules under which it decides which facilities to...

Don’t be too sure your attendees have a clue when it comes to the new passport requirements under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. The Travel Industry Association of America just released the results of a survey of 1,980 American adults...

Business and leisure travelers looking for an alternative high-end hotel brand will soon have another option. Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corp. has announced the launch of its new Andaz brand of upscale urban hotels, opening first in London and New...

Walk out from the glass-walled lobby, a towering A-frame, and stand amid palm trees. Wander down to soft white sand and watch the sun melt into the wide open sea. You could be in Bali. Or you could be at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort &...

The supply of new hotel rooms in the U.S. could accelerate in the next couple of years if, as economic trends indicate, construction and real estate prices decline, according to a new report by PKF Hospitality Research, Atlanta...

The financial services and insurance industry has a long tradition of charitable giving and getting behind the concept of social responsibility. The Million Dollar Round Table (an organization of about 35,800 top-tier industry producers worldwide)...