February 19, 2010
Most planners expect meetings expenditures to increase or
remain flat in the next six months compared with the last six
months, as only 19 percent of 220 respondents to a survey conducted
by
BTN
sister publication
MeetingNews
expect further declines to meetings spending in the first half of
2010.
January 25, 2010
DALLAS Industry leaders at the Professional Convention Management Association's 2010 Annual Meeting here in January urged meeting planners to hone a new skill this year: communicating the value of meetings within their organizations and to the population at large.
December 07, 2009
Canada-based loyalty management company Groupe Aeroplan today announced the completion of its acquisition of Carlson Marketing, marking the official severing of parent company Carlson Cos. from its original business. Meanwhile, the deal gives the business that includes Air Canada's loyalty program a strong U.S. presence.
September 14, 2009
BCD Meetings & Incentives today announced the acquisition of San Francisco Bay-area based incentive, conference, meetings and events management company One World Partners for an undisclosed amount.
September 07, 2009
Delta Air Lines last month returned to an area it abandoned more than four years ago negotiating meeting fare discounts when it launched the Delta Meeting Network, which it unveiled at the American Society of Association Executives annual meeting in Toronto.
August 18, 2009
Delta Air Lines yesterday launched its Delta Meeting Network,
marking its return to discounting meeting fares,
which it abandoned
when it rolled out SimpliFares in early 2005.
August 17, 2009
Disney Parks & Resorts senior vice president George Aguel recently spoke with Business Travel News editor Seth Harris about the developing meetings industry rebound.
August 17, 2009
Corporate and association meeting expenditure cuts may have reached their bottom, but they will not be reversed anytime soon, according to research by BTN sister publication MeetingNews and several industry experts.
August 17, 2009
Robert Boulogne, COO of Dallas-based Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, spoke recently to Business Travel News hotel editor Michael B. Baker about the outlook for luxury meetings, hotel development plans and the negotiating strategies that meeting buyers are employing.
August 17, 2009
Gregory Dukat, CEO of meetings management technology supplier StarCite, spoke this month to BTN editor Michael B. Baker about meetings management and StarCite's strategy.