Four new ME by Meliá hotels, the luxury brand under the Meliá Hotels International umbrella, are set to open during the next two years: Milan and Miami in 2015, Dubai in 2016, and Barcelona in 2017...

Hyatt Hotels Corp. this week announced a new lifestyle hotel brand, Centric, created for people the company refers to as “modern explorers,” both business and leisure guests who are interested in “experiential travel.&rdquo...

Execs at BCD M&I and Universal Meeting Management, which BCD M&I acquired last summer, talk about what it takes to grow a life sciences meeting management firm worldwide.

Yes, this is another article about Millennials, planning meetings for Millennials, understanding Millennials, citing statistics about Millennials. But here’s the blinding flash of the obvious we had at MeetingsNet: Innovations at meetings, the...

Terrorism, natural disasters, political crises… Are there bigger risks today for business events? What’s happened during the past weeks in Europe and Africa calls for debating about managing risks and placing this topic at the top of...

The BestCities Global Alliance continues its expansion into emerging markets with the announcement that Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and its bureau, the Greater Bogotá Convention Bureau, is its first South American partner.
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The week before Christmas, I went on my first cruise. Sailing with AmaWaterways up the Rhine River was an excellent experience, and one that I think will be a great option for clients looking for new or different incentive options. (Full disclosu...