Air traffic to and from the U.S. totaled 126.2 million passengers through August 2013, a four percent increase over the August 2012 year-to-date period, according to the International Air Transport Association...

Two-thirds of international association meetings are organized by national members from the host country, while far fewer are run by in-house staff or third-party professional congress organizers, according to the 2013 Union of International Asso...

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The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), which is meeting this week in Shanghai, China, is enjoying the highest attendance at a congress held outside of Europe (the highest ever was in Leipzig, Germany). The association an...

Some 15,000 meetings industry professionals are expected to attend EIBTM, the global meetings & events expo, taking place November 19–21 in Fira Gran Via, Barcelona.  This year’s dates are a week earlier than in previous years. With more t...

A coalition of meetings industry leaders has hired a public relations firm to launch a messaging campaign to communicate the value of meetings to policymakers, corporate America, and the general public, and, perhaps more critically, to change ...

Global Events Partners, a leading partnership of destination management companies worldwide, has announced that it is closing its seven company-owned DMCs.

The Global Alliance has announced the appointment of Ms. Julie-May Ellingson, chief executive officer of Durban International Convention Centre, as its first chair. Global Alliance is a group of conference and exhibition centers that have ...

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