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...

The International Association of Conference Centers has launched a Code of Sustainability to encourage its member properties to implement and follow environmentally sound practices...

A new law in Washington that requires pharmaceutical sales representatives to obtain a special license to sell pharmaceutical products in the District will not affect representatives attending medical meetings or conventions in D.C...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its advisory against non-essential travel to Mexico on May 15. As a result of the CDC's decision, the State Department's Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak is no...

After an 11-month search, the American Dental Association, Chicago, hired Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, as its new executive director and chief operating officer. She becomes the first female executive director in ADA’s 150-year history...

The Vermont State Legislature passed a more restrictive pharmaceutical marketing law, banning gifts to physicians from industry and tightening disclosure requirements...