On the heels of the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference in Toronto November 15 to 18, we checked in with Executive Director Steve Bova to talk about association meeting attendance when times are tough and his recent...
With nearly 400,000 travel industry jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, both the U.S. Travel Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are urging President Barack Obama to enact legislation that...
Carina Bauer, formerly marketing and operations director for IMEX Frankfurt, has been promoted to CEO, IMEX Group, based in East Sussex, U.K. “It’s a recognition of the fact that I and other members of the team are working across both shows now...
The 16th Hall of Leaders Gala, the Convention Industry Council’s celebration of the meetings industry’s most influential people, will take place on Monday, January 11, at the Fairmont Dallas, during the annual meeting of the Professional...
Last June, the owner of San Diego’s W Hotel, Sunstone Hotel Investors, handed over the keys to its lenders and walked away from the property after defaulting on its mortgage payment. Also that month, the developers of the new Fontainebleau hotel...
If you didn’t attend the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners 2009 Annual Conference last week, here are some tips, trends, and best practices we picked up on from planners, presenters, and the host hotel, the Sheraton Centre Toronto...
The Americas Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition, the newest addition to Reed Travel Exhibitions’ stable of worldwide travel trade shows, has announced an America Meetings Week program to run concurrently with the exhibition...