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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

At PCMA Annual Mtg., Planners Urged To Convey ValueBy Michael B. Baker

DALLAS Industry leaders at the Professional Convention Management Association's 2010 Annual Meeting here in January urged meeting planners to hone a new... KEEP READING

Groupe Aeroplan Completes Carlson Marketing BuyBy Seth Harris

Canada-based loyalty management company Groupe Aeroplan today announced the completion of its acquisition of Carlson Marketing, marking the official... KEEP READING

BCD Meetings & Incentives Adds User Conference Tech Through One World BuyBy Seth Harris

BCD Meetings & Incentives today announced the acquisition of San Francisco Bay-area based incentive, conference, meetings and events management company... KEEP READING

Delta's Meeting Network Again Takes To The SkyBy David Meyer

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... KEEP READING

Delta Returns To Discounting MeetingsBy David Meyer

Delta Air Lines yesterday launched its Delta Meeting Network, marking its return to discounting meeting fares, which it abandoned when it rolled out... KEEP READING

Chain Still Pushes Luxury Mtgs.

Robert Boulogne, COO of Dallas-based Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, spoke recently to Business Travel News hotel editor Michael B. Baker about the outlook... KEEP READING

Disney's Aguel Holds Negotiating Line, Sees Recovery Ahead

Disney Parks & Resorts senior vice president George Aguel recently spoke with Business Travel News editor Seth Harris about the developing meetings... KEEP READING

One-On-One With StarCite CEO Gregory Dukat: StarCite Fights Mtg. Slump

Gregory Dukat, CEO of meetings management technology supplier StarCite, spoke this month to BTN editor Michael B. Baker about meetings management and... KEEP READING

Spate Of Corp. Meeting Cancellations May Have Hit PeakBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate and association meeting expenditure cuts may have reached their bottom, but they will not be reversed anytime soon, according to research by... KEEP READING

PCMA Quashes ACTE "Strategic Alliance"By Jay Boehmer

The Professional Convention Management Association this week pulled the plug on the "strategic alliance" it formed June with the Association of... KEEP READING

Government Meeting City Blacklists Prompt Legislative ResponseBy Jay Boehmer

Since the U.S. Travel Association this month revealed that some government agencies' policies forbid holding meetings in "resort" cities like Las Vegas... KEEP READING

BTN Research: Rise In Remote Conferencing Prompts Marriott, StarwoodBy Michael B. Baker

Most companies report saving money though increased use of remote conferencing in the past year, according to original Business Travel News research, a... KEEP READING

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