The 2.3 million-square-foot Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., is finally getting its headquarters hotel. Construction on the new $537 million, 1,167-room Marriott Marquis is scheduled to begin this fall, with a targeted...

Maritz Travel Co. continues to build alliances, as evidenced by the recent announcement that it has partnered with Freeman as its preferred provider of audiovisual, multimedia, and creative services. The multimedia and creative services will be...

When staff of Meeting Professionals International chose Cancun, Mexico, for the association’s 2010 MeetDifferent conference, it had many hotel options from which to choose. After several site inspections, MPI settled on Moon Palace, the crown...

You can’t ignore the reports of violence in Acapulco. But you should get all the facts. Earlier this year, Alonzo Peña, U.S. Department of Homeland Security attaché to Mexico, explained, “Violence in Mexico is not as dangerous to U.S. tourists as...

The incentive conference had been booked for two years at a resort in Cancun. Then reports of violence related to drug trafficking in Mexico began to surface, and then increase...

Los Cabos, located at the southernmost tip of the 1,000-mile long Baja California Peninsula, comprises two small and very different towns—lively Cabo San Lucas and laid-back San Jose del Cabo—that are joined by a 20-mile corridor of seaside...

Official warnings about travel to Mexico because of the H1N1 virus have been lifted. Cruise lines have returned to Mexican ports. And tourism officials are doing all they can to show meeting planners why Mexico belongs back on their short lists of...

The National Institute for Quality Improvement and Education’s second annual conference, scheduled for September 9–11 at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill., is offering a jam-packed lineup of experts to help those interested in...

The Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association named Nancy Hoppe, CME/H, as its president for 2009-2010. Hoppe is associate director, global congress and convention management at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, N.J. Hoppe was officially...

Speakers set a more subdued tone than in past years at the opening general session of Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference on Sunday. MPI officials and keynoters alike took the stage at Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace...