Where’s a Crystal Ball When You Need It?

The Meetings Group magazines have been inundated with anecdotal reports of corporate travel cutbacks resulting in canceled, postponed, or relocated meetings. Part of the problem, of course, is related to a dramatic drop in air travel since the war with Iraq began. During a phone press conference this afternoon, Air Transport Association President and CEO James May outlined the heavy toll the war is taking on that industry, including 10,000 jobs cut since the war began last week. By March 23,