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...
Experts suggest that planners be ever-mindful of legal issues when meeting outside of the U.S. Sourcing, booking, and contracting for space in other countries, particularly in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, can be quite different than here. Of...
If countries in Latin America aren't at the top of your short list for meetings, maybe they should be. “There are some great advantages to meeting in Latin America,” says Eli Gorin, CMP, owner of gMeetings, Aventura, Fla., a meeting management...
Planning a meeting or incentive in Canada is a little trickier than it's been in the past, but there's still good reason to meet in our neighbor to the north. First the good news: Prices were expected to remain stable for U.S. travelers in the...
Instituting a strategic meeting management program in the United States is one thing; expanding it globally is quite another. Corporate travel and meeting buyers gathered May 7 to discuss challenges to multinational SMMPs at a panel discussion...
Two dominant themes stand out from the three major meeting planning conferences I've attended since January: the globalization of meetings and the greening of meetings...
I’m going to guess that, like me, anyone who travels fairly frequently puts together his or her own private “best” and “worst” lists. With a little prompting I can probably come up with a list of the 10 nicest hotels I’ve every stayed in. Or the...
