While America was electing its first African-American president, voters in several states were making decisions on issues impacting the meetings and travel industries...
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association, is among the travel and tourism industry leaders expressing willingness to help U.S. President-elect Barack Obama understand the industry’s importance to economic recovery...
Bruce M. MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International, sent his thoughts on the intersection of meetings and the global financial crisis to the trade press and mainstream media...
“Reality shifted instantly. There was the nostalgic ‘before’ time, when the future stretched comfortably ahead, and the horrifying ‘after,’ when the future had become uncertain.”
I wrote these words eight years ago, in the aftermath of September...
Located on Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay area, the The Mandarin Oriental, Boston opened its doors on October 6. The 14-story hotel features 136 guest rooms and 12 suites as well as a 16,000-square-foot spa and fitness center. The Mandarin's...
The financial services industry, first under siege in 2007 with the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, then reeling from the collapse of Bear Stearns last spring, had really hit new depths by press time in mid-October. The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the...
When I traveled to New York City recently, I had the thrill of staying in the midst of the neon and excitement of Times Square at the Marriott Marquis. A lot of other travelers had the same thrill: The hotel was running at an amazing 94 percent o...
