The investor who purchased Ambassadors International’s travel and events division in April—Lakeview Equity Partners, LLC, a Milwaukee-based private-equity fund—is also the majority stakeholder in Chicago-based event housing and travel services...

Never in a million years did I expect to write a eulogy for Concepts Worldwide, the iconic meeting management firm that Terri Breining launched in San Diego County more than 21 years ago...

On July 29, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.. introduced a bill into Congress, The Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2009 (S. 1530), which will, if passed, “prohibit an agency or department of the United States from establishing or...

Through the first half of the year, group customers are paying a higher average daily rate in the top 25 markets than transient hotel guests, according to Smith Travel Research. This is the first time the ADR in the top 25 markets has been higher...

Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) has reintroduced a bill to restore the 80 percent deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses. Currently, just 50 percent of the value of these expenses is tax deductible...

U.S. Treasury Department regulations issued this spring require boards of directors of companies receiving bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to establish companywide policies for luxury expenditures related to meetings, events...

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2009, which includes passenger bill of rights provisions and language that will accelerate the implementation of a...

A television news crew used a hidden camera to record the closing minutes of a two-day training workshop held earlier this month by the U.S. Social Security Administration—a meeting that was later presented as an example of wasteful U.S...

The historic Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., is opening a casino. Voters in Greenbrier County, W.V., narrowly passed a referendum last November allowing the resort to operate a guest-only casino, and now Jim Justice, the man who...

At Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference, association officials announced the opening of MPI Global Training Centers at San Diego State University, CERAM Business School on the French Riviera, and Qatar Mice Development...