Meeting Organizer Defaults: Attendees Get the Bill

Apr 08, 2008

According to recent news reports (chron.com and reviewjournal.com), the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa is holding attendees responsible for paying the bills still owed by the organizers of a meeting they attended in October...

Two More Airlines Are Grounded

Apr 07, 2008

ATA Airlines and Skybus Airlines both went belly up last week, the second and third carriers to abruptly cease operations in the span of a week...

Fundamentals of a Pre-Con Meeting

Apr 01, 2008

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Virtualis: Experience a Wow Meeting Environment

Apr 01, 2008

If you’ve ever looked for an excuse to try out the 3-D online environment called Second Life, here’s a good one: The grand opening of Virtualis, an eye-popping event island complete with convention center, exhibition spaces, and The Joan Eisensto...

Homeland Security Sets Final Passport Date

Apr 01, 2008

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule ordering that the land and sea requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative go into effect June 1, 2009...

Keeping Association Meetings Forever Young

Mar 31, 2008

While a 27-year-old association is considered relatively young, it’s not unusual to find those that conduct their annual meetings the same way year after year, becoming stale despite their relative youth. Not so for the International Association...

Aloha Airlines Shuts Down Passenger Service

Mar 31, 2008

After filing for bankruptcy less than two weeks ago, Aloha Airlines announced that March 31, 2008, was its last day of passenger operations. The second-largest Hawaii carrier cited an inability to generate sufficient revenue and “unfair...

Tinnish to Head Up APEX

Mar 27, 2008

Sue Tinnish, a professional meeting planner, trainer, and facilitator, and an active volunteer member of the Educational Advisory Council of APEX, the Accepted Practices Exchange initiative, has been named the director of APEX. An initiative of...

Corporate Event Disaster Costs Atlantic City Casino

Mar 25, 2008

The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has been ordered to pay a company more than $200,000 in damages and fees as a result of a corporate event that went seriously awry...

Exclusive Survey Data Presented at Pharma Forum

Mar 24, 2008

At the Fourth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, held last week in Baltimore, speakers presented new eye-opening statistics and offered valuable insights into establishing a global meetings program...