“It’s chaos right now. Every day is a new adventure. There’s nothing in the handbook about weathering an economic downtown, in an election year, with a war on. It’s just a very different time,” says Maura Gast, executive director at the Irving ...
After several days of being heavily criticized for holding a lavish incentive travel program just days after receiving an $85 billion loan from the federal government, AIG today canceled an upcoming incentive program at the Ritz-Carlton, Half...
Meeting Professionals International has announced the dates and locations for its upcoming World Education Congresses through 2013 and for its MeetDifferent conferences (formerly MPI’s Professional Education Conference-North America) through 2010...
Financial & Insurance Conference Planners has issued a special report to members, advising them to be calm—and creative—in response to the crisis on Wall Street and within financial services companies...
In the wake of the financial crisis, future hotel development will slow to a crawl and we’re likely to see a significant slowdown in all types of travel, says Sean Hennessey, CEO of Lodging Advisors LLC, a hotel consulting company in New York City...