ALTHOUGH CRUISES HAVE a strong safety record, they're not without risk. After all, cruise lines have been addressing bad press about security since the 1985 terrorist attack on the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, in which an American tourist...

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ASSOCIATIONS AREN'T the only ones affected by attendees finding hotel rates on the Web lower than the planner's negotiated rates, said participants in a discussion session at the Insurance Conference Planners Association Annual Meeting at Orlando...

Corporate Meetings & Incentives' reader survey takes the pulse of the incentive industry each year, asking meeting professionals about their preferences and practices. This year's results can be summed up as cautiously optimistic, with average...

IN LAS VEGAS, Green Valley Ranch, which opened in December 2001, has just started an expansion of a second tower including 290 rooms and 35,000 square feet of meeting space. Plans call for completion of the project in November 2004. The resort...

Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity, the online travel booking tools, have each in the past year and a half branched into the corporate arena with new travel management tools: Expedia Corporate Travel, Orbitz for Business, and Travelocity Business...

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The integration of nature into the resort experience is what the Ritz-Carlton, Naples, is all about. There's a boardwalk through a mangrove swamp on the way to the beach, and ecotours are available. The Ritz Kids room has aquariums full of local...

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Corporate travel budgets are flat for 2004, according to WorldTravel BTI. The Atlanta-based corporate travel management company's 2003 client survey showed that 62 percent of 127 respondents plan no significant travel budget changes for 2004, and...