Meeting professionals can hone their Excel skills at an upcoming webinar, organized by the Financial and Insurance Conference Planners association and led by James Spellos, CMP, president, Meetings U...

The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax the passport requirements for children who are citizens of the U.S. and Canada traveling into the United States via land and sea...

About 35 planners and 20 suppliers gathered January 4 to 6 for FICP's Northeast Chapter winter meeting at the sleek and stylish new Inter-Continental Boston. Jennifer Squeglia, CMP, Fidelity Brokerage Co., and her design team put together a...

A Decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the effect the increase will have on air travel into the U.K...

FAVORS WITH A PURPOSE — A great example is Bloemboxes, colorful gift boxes with silk blooms on top. Inside is a 15-foot biodegradable plantable seed ribbon that will grow into the bloom that adorns the top of the box. www.givefavors.com FLOWERS...

Europe's two major international meeting and incentive travel exhibitions — IMEX, a spring show in Frankfurt, and EIBTM, a late fall show in Barcelona — continue to woo attendees with hosted-buyer programs and a growing slate of educational and...

Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, one of the larger meeting properties in the U.S., will gain 400,000 square feet of meeting and convention space and a 400-suite hotel, according to a proposal released February 12 by Gaylord...

Freeman, the Dallas-based producer of expositions, conventions, corporate events, and exhibits, has written a planning guide to help protect its business interests in the face of a pandemic flu, and the company is sharing its work with the...