The new PhRMA code says resorts are not appropriate meeting venues. But the definition of resort is open to debate.

The Transportation Security Administration has finally begun implementing Secure Flight, after a controversial five-year gestation...

Last week, InXpo Inc., the Chicago-based virtual event company, announced a partnership with Maritz, its second deal with a major meeting and event company in the past two months...

Four years after discontinuing its Delta Meeting Network program, Delta Air Lines plans to roll out a new program that will offer special rates for meetings customers...

The Convention Industry Council has endorsed the Professional Convention Management Association’s online prep course as the “official study course” for CIC’s Certified Meeting Professional exam...

As budgets tighten and corporate meeting managers find they are taking on additional work with fewer resources, many are looking for ways to automate and streamline the planning process. To take advantage of the market opportunity, American...

The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved the Travel Promotion Act, a five-year plan to attract more international visitors to the United States. The act provides for the creation of a nonprofit, public-private partnership—with an annual...

Aiming for a more recognizable brand and a sharper focus for their company, Amy Spatrisano and Nancy Wilson, co-founders of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, have renamed the company MeetGreen. The women have been in the vanguard of planning greener...

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ first and only stand-alone resort hotel, Ko' Olina, is under construction on the Hawaiian island of Oahu—but a second may not be far behind. The company just announced its purchased of a 15-acre site in the 300-acre...