Meeting Management

NEW YEAR WILL BRING HIGHER TRAVEL PRICES, SAYS SURVEY With the coming year will come a continuing rise in business travel costs. These expenses, which rose 4.7 percent both in 1998 and in 1997, will grow at a comparably steady rate of 4.8 percent in 1999, according to a recent study by travel management experts at the Rochester, Wis.based consulting firm Runzheimer International.