Marriott has added billing functionality to its meeting services app.Marriott International’s meeting services app just got a lot more useful. The app now allows planners to review and dispute charges from their mobile devices. Originally desi...

American Express Meetings and Events study finds tightened controls but also gaps in risk-management process and planning policies.

Ibtm world, formerly known as EIBTM, opened its 2015 conference at the Fira de Barcelona November 17 with an announcement that the conference has signed an extension to its partnership with Barcelona and the convention center for the foreseeable ...

Marriott International has announced that it will acquire rival hotel giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a $12.2 billion deal expected to be completed by mid-2016. The new Marriott will be the world’s largest hotel company, with 5,570 p...

I would hazard a guess that most people in the meetings and events industry have either asked or been asked to provide their services "on spec," with the thought that somewhere down the road, it would lead to a paying gig. Whether it's destinatio...

Car-hailing service Uber has just taken its new UberEvents service nationwide, allowing event hosts to prepay for Uber rides for their guests...

The Red Book includes pharmaceutical and medical meetings regulations for more than 100 countries. has entered into an agreement to acquire The Red Book for Medical Meetings, a global medical meetings guide to information on pharmaceutical and co...

Elizabeth Pinkham of SalesforceDreamforce, the legendary Salesforce user conference, drew more than 172,000 registered participants to its headquarters city in September (plus some 11 million online viewers). “We took over San Francisco, includin...

For the past eight years, the Incentive Research Foundation has surveyed incentive industry professionals on a regular basis to assess their outlook on incentives in the near term and to identify longer-term trends. The IRF’s Fall Pulse...