With a strong presence in Europe and Latin America for leisure and business travelers, Madrid-based NH Hotel Group has plans to grow its meeting and event business, which currently accounts for 25 percent of revenue. The company also will make a ...
Some 225 destination management company executives and their clients gathered in Boston July 31–Aug 3 for the 3rd Annual Hosts Global Alliance Forum. The forum presents high-level education, creative networking and activities, and one-on-one...
The Convention Industry Council releases its list of the most influential people who hold the Certified Meeting Professional designation, as chosen by their peers.
About 225 attendees at the third annual Hosts Global Alliance Forum enjoyed a solid education program along with plenty of the creativity that destination management companies offer meeting planners. Knowing how challenging it is for a DMC to hos...
A recent study has calculated an answer to that question. Funded by the International SOS Foundation and conducted by research and consulting firm Prevent, the report, “Return on Prevention: Benefit/Cost Analysis of Prevention Measures for Busine...
It's summertime, and the living is ... just as hectic as any other time of the year! That's why it's more important than ever to take a break and, if you can, get away from the office (though likely not your smart phone). We asked the...
A record number of travel buyers (1,366) and a total of 6,389 attendees from around the world gathered in Orlando July 25–29 for the 2015 Global Business Travel Association Convention. General sessions tackled hot topics while morning...
If there’s a hot topic for hotel and ground transportation companies today, it’s how to embrace—or repel—the “sharing economy,” that is, Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, and others. Business travelers have shown that they are clearly in the “embrace” camp, so...
A C-level panel and lots of accomplished, inspiring, and dedicated women were among the on-stage highlights at the 2nd Annual Women in Travel Summit, attended by some 400 women (and men!) at the Hyatt Regency Orlando July 25, all exemplifying the...
