Technology is the linchpin of a strategic meeting management program. And the Groups and Meetings Committee of the National Business Travel Association has addressed that in a new white paper, the fifth in its “Framework for Success” series on...
While some Airlines — Delta Air Lines, US Airways/America West, and Southwest Airlines, for example — have eliminated or scaled back their group and meeting services, a number of carriers are adding online tools that enhance or replace their...
“Sixty percent of the attendees in the A track meetings are doctors. Stack a group of the pre-registration kits for the March meeting by the exit door.” ...
Chicago-Based WorldTravel Meetings &Incentives, an operating unit of travel management giant WorldTravel BTI, has announced that it is adopting the StarCite meeting management technology and abandoning its Plan2Attend product...
Sixty percent of the group leads that come into the Hilton Family of Hotels is for 25 rooms or fewer, and in December the company launched an online technology it hopes can help those buyers: e-Events Small Group Product...
IN THE PAST few years, electronic auctions have barely made a peep in the ongoing conversation about strategic sourcing of meeting services. But two major players have teamed up to try to change that. American Express Business Travel, New York...
With conservative estimates of tens of thousands of new weblogs launching every week, it's no surprise the meeting and events industry has its share of bloggers. From e-conferencing and airlines to e-learning and oddities, the blogs below offer...
The data released in September from the Pew Internet & American Life Project show that 72 percent of adults are now online, with percentages higher among younger segments of the population (84 percent among those age 18-29, 83 percent among...
Interactive attendee badge nTag is partnering with iBAHN, a provider of connectivity services for meetings. IBAHN will market, sell, and service the badge as an nTag Preferred Partner. The nTag badges “talk” with one another via infrared sensors...
