Meetings

Travel management company Egencia today announced the launch of a separate meetings and incentives division after rebranding Reward Worldwide, a... KEEP READING

Starwood Hotels & Resorts this week announced two upgrades to its corporate group sales process: a partnership with meetings technology platform... KEEP READING

Meeting planners this year and next are facing meetings cancellations, budget cuts, sloping attendance and a negative net impact on destinations and... KEEP READING

The economic slump and recent backlash against corporate events have taken their toll on U.S. outbound meetings and incentive travel. Some international... KEEP READING

Two longtime hotel executives who oversaw group business have jumped to join third-party meetings firm ConferenceDirect. Dave Scypinski, who previously... KEEP READING

American Express Business Travel this month said it negotiated with hotels and meeting venues the capability to reserve meeting space and rooms online... KEEP READING

Deutsche Bank this month is rolling out a technology-based strategic meetings management initiative to three Asia/Pacific countries as part of the next... KEEP READING

American Express Business Travel has signed an exclusive agreement with meetings technology company Worktopia for a small meetings booking product... KEEP READING

Short's Travel Management in April plans to launch a new product that enables corporations to book hotel meeting space and amenities, after integrating... KEEP READING

Organizations throughout the world are canceling meetings and, at minimum, clamping down on any increase in meeting spending in 2009 as the global... KEEP READING

Conference center and hospitality company Dolce Hotels and Resorts has appointed former Wyndham Hotel Group CEO Steven Rudnitsky as its new president... KEEP READING

Meetings management technology company StarCite today announced that it has hired Kevin Iwamoto as its vice president of enterprise strategy. Iwamoto,... KEEP READING

Conference center and hospitality company Dolce Hotels and Resorts today announced it has appointed former Wyndham Hotel Group CEO Steven Rudnitsky as... KEEP READING

Buyers may see conflicting attitudes from hotels regarding cancellation and attrition terms, with some properties more lenient to fill space but others... KEEP READING

Wireless equipment manufacturer Motorola last year developed a strategic meetings management program as part of a Six Sigma certification that resulted... KEEP READING