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Buyers To See Flat Mtg. Budgets As Airlines Eat More Of PieBy Elissa Hunter

Meeting buyers can anticipate flat budgets in the upcoming year, but should expect to spend more of their budget on airfare, and are looking to reduce... KEEP READING

Incentive Buyers Tighten BudgetsBy Elissa Hunter

Incentive travel buyers are trying ways to keep budgets in check, including bringing fewer attendees and being more open to alternate destinations, and... KEEP READING

Groups Vie To Define Green Mtgs.By Elissa Hunter

A pair of meetings industry associations separately are looking to provide a certification and standards for green meetings management.... KEEP READING

Meetings In Profile: Verizon Drives Remote MeetingsBy Elissa Hunter

Telecommunications company Verizon has wielded the power of senior-level buy-in to further increase its remote conferencing use in an effort to reduce... KEEP READING

NBTA Plans Strategic Meetings CertificationBy Elissa Hunter

The National Business Travel Association is developing a certification course in strategic meetings management, with plans to announce course dates at... KEEP READING

StarCite Expands With CWT, Amadeus DealsBy Elissa Hunter

Travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel late last month announced a three-year agreement designating meetings management technology company... KEEP READING

Worktopia Enhances Meeting Space Booking Tool, Adds Corp. RatesBy Elissa Hunter

Meetings technology firm Worktopia late last month announced a new version of its meeting space booking tool that allows clients to search and book... KEEP READING

CWT Drops MeetingsLogic Tool, Signs Global Deal With StarCite

Carlson Wagonlit Travel today announced a three-year agreement designating meetings management technology company StarCite, as a global preferred... KEEP READING

Best Meeting Practitioners 2008: HP's Iwamoto Deploys Policy, New AddendumBy Elissa Hunter

Hewlett-Packard last year rolled out a global meetings and events policy, implemented a hotel contract addendum that already has been accepted by one... KEEP READING

Best Meeting Practitioners 2008: Novartis' Tomaszeski Scores Sky-High Compliance For Mtgs. AirBy Elissa Hunter

Pharmaceutical company Novartis this year linked its meetings registration to its online booking system, requiring attendees to concurrently register... KEEP READING

Best Meeting Practitioners 2008: Thomson's Heston Develops KPI-Based Hotel Sourcing GaugeBy Elissa Hunter

French professional media and entertainment services group Thomson SA last year introduced a key performance indicator checklist that shows the overall... KEEP READING

Marriott Rolling Out Small Mtg. Booking ToolBy Elissa Hunter

Marriott International last month launched an online group booking system that allows meeting buyers to check real-time rates and availability and book... KEEP READING

StarCite Mining Hotel Quotes To Predict Average Mtg. Rates - 2008-07-21By Elissa Hunter

Meetings management technology company StarCite now offers buyers and hotels real-time quoted group room rates, averaged by city and property tier,... KEEP READING

New StarCite CEO To Fine-Tune Strategy

Meetings management technology company StarCite today announced the appointment of Greg Dukat, formerly head of asset management software firm Ventyx,... KEEP READING

Amex, StarCite Test Mtg. Payment ToolBy Elissa Hunter

Meetings management technology company StarCite and card company American Express in July will pilot the second phase of their co-branded solution,... KEEP READING

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