There will be some new elements at Reed Travel Exhibitions’ second Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM), to be held April 8-10 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates...

With a billion dollars in hotel development and renovation and a new convention center marking its first anniversary, Puerto Rico has reached a new level for meetings. “It’s offshore and it’s easy,” says Ramon Sanchez, executive vice president and...

Implementing a meetings consolidation program overseas takes patience, diplomacy, and flexibility.

American organizations are doing an increasing amount of business in Brazil. As with planning meetings in any foreign country, differences in language, monetary currency, and time zones present enough of a challenge--but throw in differences in...

It's been a relatively quiet hurricane season for the U.S., but busier in the Caribbean and Mexico. Still, though prepared for the worst as storms approached, the resorts in those areas got off very easy...

There seems to be no end to skyrocketing hotel prices in Asia. The average daily rate across the Asia Pacific region was up more than 13 percent this year through June, to $137, according to a report released last week by Deloitte and Touche...

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre was named last month as one of three recipients of the first annual Innovation Awards from AIPC, the International Association of Congress Centres...

Continuing its spate of acquisitions around Europe, MCI, the largest global association and event management company, announced it will merge with Ovation Group, Ireland’s leading meetings, events, and destination management company...

Hotel rates have risen this year in the top international cities--in some cases by shocking amounts. That's according to Smith Travel Research, which studied rates, occupancy, and supply and demand in 15 key markets, 12 of them outside the U.S...

More and more, planners and meeting-goers will be able to use their favorite U.S. hotel brands when traveling the world. This month, Hilton Hotels Corp. announced three major development alliances that are expected to result in 15 new hotels in...