NBTA-ACTE Merger Talks Illustrate Meetings Associations’ Challenges
Jun 22, 2009
The board of the directors of the National Business Travel Association voted last week to continue to pursue a merger with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. However, the issue is at a standstill. ACTE had voted the previous week not...
Administration Officials “Tuned In” to Meetings
Jun 18, 2009
The meetings industry has gotten the attention of the Obama administration and has a strong supporter in Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, according to a high-ranking official with the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, speaking at the...
Face of Travel Winner Announced
Face of Travel Winner Announced
Jun 17, 2009
“I can now say it—I am Paco and I am the face of travel!” That was a Twitter post from Paco Saldaña just before noon eastern time on June 17. Saldaña, director of guest services at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, is the winner of the U.S. Trave...
Green Is as Green Does: The IMEX Awards
Jun 16, 2009
The 2009 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, wrapped up at the end of May in Frankfurt, Germany. Green meeting issues were front and center at the show, with an awards program and IMEX...
Blowing Our Horn
Jun 16, 2009
Corporate Meetings & Incentives has won a national American Society of Business Press Editors award for its February 2008 cover story, "Surviving Six Sigma," which featured Debi Scholar, CMM, CMP, CTE, CTT, and Kathy Murray of...
NBTA Seeks Collaboration With Other Industry Associations
Jun 16, 2009
The National Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Va., has recently been in talks with two industry associations: Meeting Professionals International and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives...
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