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Cisco, Sabre Developing Remote Conferencing Distribution PlatformBy Jay Boehmer

Sabre Travel Network and Cisco are jointly developing a vendor-agnostic distribution system for agencies and corporations to book telepresence suites,... KEEP READING

Hyatt, Starwood Soon To Add Sustainability Components To Their Meetings OfferingsBy Michael B. Baker

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in recent weeks each announced new sustainability components to their corporate meeting... KEEP READING

CWT Study Promotes Greater Use Of Meeting CardsBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate card providers are reporting increased interest in payment products tailored for meeting expenditures, but most corporate planners still have... KEEP READING

Cvent Upgrades RFP Tool, Venue ListingsBy Michael B. Baker

Event management technology supplier Cvent on Monday launched an upgraded version of its Cvent Supplier Network that includes simplified versions of its... KEEP READING

BCD M&I Joins Roster Of U.K. Pharma Meeting ProvidersBy Amon Cohen

BCD Meetings & Incentives became an affiliate member of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry on June 18, it announced this week. ABPI... KEEP READING

Admins At Holland's Logica Turn To Tech To Control MeetingsBy Seth Harris

When business consulting, technology systems integration and outsourcing company Logica's team of administrative assistants in the Netherlands were... KEEP READING

Meeting Buyers To Benefit From EU Change To VAT RuleBy Amon Cohen

Meeting buyers could benefit from a change to European Union rules on value-added tax treatment of overseas meetings that takes effect Jan. 1, 2011, the... KEEP READING

Meetings Tech Vets Launch Mobile Attendee Mgmt. Co.By Jay Boehmer

Since early last year, a group of technologists and industry vets who climbed the SeeUthere and OnVantage branches of the StarCite family tree began... KEEP READING

CEOs See Impact Of Oil Spill On Coastal MeetingsBy Michael B. Baker

It's too early to know how big of an impact the Gulf Coast oil spill will have on business, according to multibrand hotel company chief executives, but... KEEP READING

StarCite Debuts One-On-One Meetings AutomationBy Michael B. Baker

StarCite today launched a tool designed to manage small group and one-on-one meetings within larger corporate events.... KEEP READING

U.S. Travel Association Creates Advocacy Council Of Meetings LuminariesBy Seth Harris

The U.S. Travel Association this week announced the creation of an all-star council led by supplier executives that focuses on developing advocacy and... KEEP READING

Reporter's Notebook: MPI Spotlights Meetings MetricsBy Seth Harris

Cancun, Mexico Many corporate meeting buyers now are required to show return on investment metrics, provide business cases before booking meetings, work... KEEP READING

GetThere Bundles Booking, Meetings Management, Networking Tools For Small Cos.By Jay Boehmer

GetThere today will begin selling to North American-based small and midsize companies a new suite that bundles functionality from its booking tool, its... KEEP READING

Starwood Launches First Two TelePresence Sites In Chicago, SydneyBy Michael B. Baker

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide today went live with its first two remote conferencing studios, with plans to bring two more studios online in the... KEEP READING

Meeting Buyers See Budget Cutbacks EaseBy Jay Boehmer

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... KEEP READING

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