To improve America’s image abroad and increase international travel to the U.S., the Discover America Partnership—a coalition of U.S. hospitality industry leaders—unveiled a three-part plan last week called Blueprint to Discover America. The plan...

A decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the possible impact it will have on air travel into the U.K...

Marriott International has completely reorganized the meeting and convention sales force for its 13 hotels in New Orleans, moving from individual property sales to a 12-member centralized sales team for all Marriott-branded properties in the city...

After more than a year of promise and preparation, Registered Traveler has finally expanded beyond Orlando International Airport. Programs designed to speed enrolled travelers through specially designated airport security lanes have launched at...

The skies were not friendly to travelers in 2006, and while they won't be much kinder in 2007, there are some positive developments afoot for passengers...

Technology, shifting social values, the new consumer, and demographic shifts are the four trends that will shape the meetings industry in the future, according to Peter Yesawich, chief executive officer, Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown, and Russell...

Already more than half of all corporate meeting and group travel is booked online, and that’s expected to grow to 60 percent by 2008...

There's no question that strategic meeting management is no longer just the purview of a handful of Fortune 500 companies with large, centralized meeting departments. In Meeting Professionals International's 2007 Futurewatch survey, presented at...

Ethics will be on the agenda at the MeetNow! 2007 Joint Educational Conference of the WestFieldand Connecticut River Valley Chapters of Meeting Professionals International, to be held February 22-23 at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven, Conn....

“This industry cares more about security than any,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO, Travel Industry Association of America. ”We saw our industry brought to its knees after 9/11. So it’s about getting back to balance. We can put a wall around...