From the minute you step into the stylish lobby at Aqua Cancun, you're transported to a world both chic and welcoming, airy and intimate, soothing and energizing. Forget about queuing up in a check-in line and instead head over to one of the comfy...
Meetings and events industry leaders met Wednesday, February 25, in Washington to further an agenda of promoting the positive impact of meetings, events, and incentives at a time of negative attention from the media and government. The group...
The American Society of Association Executives has sent a letter to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) asking him to reconsider the bill he introduced to Congress earlier this week—TARP Taxpayer Protection and Corporate Responsibility Act (S. 463)...
Ten top hotel companies and the U.S. Travel Association banded together to buy advertising space on two prominent news Web sites read by U.S. legislators in an attempt to get their message out about the repercussions of negative rhetoric for the...
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) wants to prevent companies that have received funds from the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program from hosting, sponsoring, or paying for conferences, holiday parties, and entertainment events during the year in...
Included in the U.S. Government’s huge stimulus package, known as The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, are rules on executive compensation and “luxury expenditures”—including meetings—for companies that receive government bailout money...
Destination Marketing Association International and U.S. Travel Association have merged their foundations. The new institution is called the Destination & Travel Foundation and will focus on the needs of destination marketing professionals and...
Maintaining a commitment to meetings will be crucial as companies try to climb out of the economic hole created by the recession, said Larry Roth, president and CEO of the AIG Advisor Group, and other panelists on a February 18 “State of the Indu...
