If a U.S. Border Patrol agent wants to look at—and inside—your laptop when you cross the U.S. border—he doesn’t need a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to perform the search, a U.S. court has held...
An RCMA member organization—the Unitarian Universalist Association—has won a prestigious international award for the “greening” of its meetings. IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, bestowed its 2008 IMEX Gre...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing an expedited screening process for low-risk U.S. travelers entering the country from international destinations. The voluntary program, called Global Entry, is similar to the Transportation Security...
Expansion of the Visa Waiver Program beyond the existing 27 VWP countries is progressing as the United States has signed memorandums of understanding with several countries seeking to join the program...
The exhibition industry grew 3.2 percent in 2007, buoyed by strong gains in revenues and attendance, according to the fifth annual CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas...
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Starwood’s largest brand, is undergoing an aggressive global expansion that has it opening a new hotel every 12 days in various cities around the world throughout 2008. The plan calls for Sheraton to add 54 new hotels ...
The medical sector of the exhibition industry had its slowest growth in at least seven years in 2007 with revenues actually declining, according to the latest CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas...
Green was on the agenda at this year’s NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. In a roundtable discussion moderated by Corporate Meetings & Incentives’ Editor Barbara Scofidio, attendees broke...
JetBlue Airways, which launched a corporate meetings program in May 2007 called CompanyBlue, last week announced that it’s expanding the program, with significant changes that will be especially appealing to the convention and association market...
