Can the electronic request for proposal process between meeting planners and hoteliers be improved? The answer was a resounding “yes” from the participants at a session I led at last month’s Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Co...
Global economic growth has been climbing steadily since 2013, a trend that will continue into 2016, according to data crunched by CWT for its 2015 Meetings & Events Forecast, a supplement to its 2015 Global Travel Price Index, which was this...
Global airline alliance oneworld has announced an upgrade to its meeting and convention program, oneworld events, dropping booking fees and allowing attendees to book through travel agencies.
Oneworld, a 15-airline alliance that includes America...
Just when you thought you’d learned all about what revenue managers are thinking when your RFPs land on their desks, along comes an article titled "Sea Change" in the September issue of Hotels magazine that turns the topic on its...
Ever on the cutting edge of the planner/hotelier relationship, MGM Resorts’ Michael Dominguez is working with meeting clients on a contract idea that could solve a big problem for each side. It helps hotels maximize revenue on available...
The San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Visit Baltimore, and the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau recently announced a joint program called Synchronicities, a three-city marketing partnership. It is designed to offer meetin...
Two of the industry’s top lawyers—one who works the hotel side, the other the planner side—staked out their positions on rate protection, attrition, and liquidated damages during this year’s MPI WEC.
