January 22, 2008
Although the regulations set forth in the United States by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America are voluntary, many pharmaceutical companies recently have set up stricter enforcement, while buyers are finding ways to manage differences in country-specific regulations for international meetings.
January 22, 2008
The number of corporations with centralized meetings departments are decreasing slightly and many meeting buyers are unhappy with procurement's involvement in meetings, according a new survey released this month by Meeting Professionals International and American Express.
October 22, 2007
BCD Travel's Advito consulting unit last week launched a global strategic meetings management practice. George Odom, former leader of global travel and meeting services for Eli Lilly and Co., will head the eight-person worldwide unit.
July 09, 2007
Former Northwest Airlines sales executive Fay Beauchine last month was named executive vice president of global meetings, incentives and events for Carlson Marketing, a meetings and event management and marketing and performance services firm that is the sister company of Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
February 05, 2007
Corporate meeting expenses in 2007 are expected to swell by 18 percent from 2006 levels, according to a new survey of 269 corporate planners by Meeting Professionals International and American Express. However, new meetings and more attendees are expected to generate most of the additional expenditures, resulting in a mere 4 percent increase in per-meeting spend.
February 05, 2007
This year promises to be a tipping point for the mass adoption of meetings technology, caused by a convergence of new market entrants, technological enhancements and a "growing disdain for the status quo," according to a survey sizing up the industry released late last month by Sherman, Conn.-based travel research firm PhoCusWright Inc. Meanwhile, a number of suppliers are launching and updating technology products targeted at facilitating online booking for small, ad hoc corporate meetings.
October 09, 2006
BCD Travel Predicts Hikes For 2007 Rates, F&B Costs
October 09, 2006
BCD Travel Predicts Hikes For 2007 Rates, F&B Costs
September 11, 2006
During the past two years in New York City, while midprice and boutique hotels rapidly were spreading and upgrading, very few upscale hotels were under development. However, according to hospitality consulting firm HVS International's 2006 Manhattan Hotel Market overview, more than 60 percent of existing upscale hotels have undergone major renovations or at least have been partially refurbished.
September 11, 2006
Only a short cab ride away from the Ritz-Carlton, in the affluent Central Park South area of New York City, sits another full-service, luxury property. Yet, while the Ritz-Carlton calls Bergdorf Goodman and Tiffany its neighbors, the Hotel on Rivington abuts gritty drinking holes and dilapidated walk-up apartments, whose exteriors look as if they haven't been refurbished since the turn of the century the perfect location for a deluxe property, according to hotel management.