Star Alliance reported growth for business booked through its meetings and conventions programs during "the past 12 months."

"Bucking the overall industry trend," According to a statement attributed to Star senior manager of conventions and meetings Roswitha Clement, "The conventions and meetings market proved to be the most resilient segment for Star Alliance over the last year. The number of Conventions Plus contracts grew by more than 15 percent, with our Meetings Plus offer attracting twice the number of organizers than in the same period last year. Current figures indicate that we can remain just as optimistic for 2011 as a whole."