In an effort to assure customers that its business processes and data security are top shelf and comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, Maritz Travel has completed the SAS70 Type II examination for its Strategic Meetings Management business...

Debra Rosencrance, CMP, CAE, vice president of meetings and exhibits for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, will be honored by the Professional Convention Management Association for her achievements and contributions to the meeting planning...

This past summer, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser appointed Frances Semler to the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. But to associations like the National Council of La Raza and the National Association for the Advancement...

BD Metrics wants to help trade show organizers catch up with the “YouTube effect” by offering TradeshowTV, a product that allows them to set up their own CNN-type news desk to broadcast show news from their organization’s Web site...

Meeting and incentive groups who recognize Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts as Asia’s leading luxury hotel group don’t have too much longer to wait for the brand to debut in North America and Europe. In 2008, the first Canadian property will open in...

The Culinary Workers Local 226 and the Bartenders Union Local 165, both based in Las Vegas, agreed to a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Las Vegas Hilton, a major convention property in the city...

Roughly half of all Americans are more likely to choose airlines, hotels, and rental car companies that are environmentally responsible, but not if the price tag is too high...

Certified Meeting Professionals, while mostly satisfied with the value they get from achieving this professional designation, are looking for improvements to the program, according to a new survey of current and past CMPs commissioned by the...

Passkey International Inc., Quincy, Mass., which offers an Internet-based technology that allows hotels and planners to manage group hotel reservations, has come out with a new product called EventExpress that offers most of the functionality of...

San Francisco International Airport in mid-September opened Registered Traveler lanes designed to speed enrolled travelers through airport security. Verified Identity Pass’s Clear program opened the express security lanes September 18 at both of...