Faced with a backlog of passport applications and complaints from frustrated travelers who have waited up to three months to get their new passports, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security have temporarily suspended new...

The National Business Travel Association’s annual International Convention and Exposition will take place July 22-25 at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center. The event gives business travel management professionals an opportunity to network...

Mary Power, CAE, president of the Convention Industry Council, announced last week that she was stepping down from her post and “doing something I haven’t done in seven years: I’m taking a vacation.” Management Options Inc., the Washington, D.C...

A U.K.-based incentive company is taking a stand by refusing to do business with a company it believes contributes to global warming...

Lawrence Sherman Posed an interesting question in his column “Same Time Next Year?” (January/February 2007, page 15) Why do so many of us go to the same meetings year after year? Certainly the collegial environment is a benefit. However, with more...

Sheila Buckley and her staff at the Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, had to do some quick thinking and fast acting to keep its annual meeting from being canceled after concrete flooring at the venue, the David L. Lawrence...

The skies were not friendly to travelers in 2006, and while they haven't been much kinder so far this year, there are some positive developments in the air for passengers...

The complex regulatory environment in Europe was the focus of a session during the international track at the Third Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum. Padraic Gilligan, marketing director and partner, Ovation Group, Dublin, Ireland, and...