Meetings

High-End Financial Meetings Demand Stays StrongBy Corrie Dosh

High-end executive board meetings and incentive trips in the financial services industry appear to be on the rise despite the shift to a seller's... KEEP READING

Meetings Beat - 2006-04-03By Corrie Dosh

MPI CEO Rorrie Resigns... KEEP READING

Regulations Spur Finance Cos. To Alter Mtgs. PolicyBy Corrie Dosh

Regulatory scrutiny is changing the way buyers at U.S. financial services companies approach corporate meetings and incentives. New banking rules coming... KEEP READING

Small Mtg. Space Scarce: Buyers Trying Techniques To Address Tight Hotel Availability In The Short TermBy Corrie Dosh

Corporate meeting buyers have begun to reexamine their internal policies and procedures as it becomes increasingly difficult to find space for small... KEEP READING

Buyers Relying On Transient Air Deals

Many discounts on group air tickets are drying up, said meeting buyers in an exclusive Meetings Monitor survey. After a year of fare reforms,... KEEP READING

Contract Mandate Eases Costs Of Mtgs. Attrition

A mandated corporate meetings policy that controls contract signing authority and appropriates earned planner points into company coffers has saved 15... KEEP READING

Corps. Face Scarce Space: Soaring Hotel Rates, Occupancy Drive Buyers To Secondary CitiesBy Corrie Dosh

Corporate meeting buyers, faced with the prospect of spending excessive amounts of time finding hotel space in major cities at a time when occupancy... KEEP READING

Hotels, Buyers Increase Conference Center Service Focus

A number of hotels are converting existing meeting space into ancillary conference centers and competing with traditional centers on their own turf, as... KEEP READING

Meetings Beat - 2006-03-06

The groups and meetings committee of the National Business Travel Association last month released its fifth research paper in its "Framework for... KEEP READING

MPI Attendees Debate Procurement's Impact On Mtgs.By Corrie Dosh

Procurement, consolidation and collaboration are the key drivers for change in corporate meeting management, according to a panel of senior executives... KEEP READING

Mtgs. Tech Providers Augment OfferingsBy Corrie Dosh

A number of technology providers, including Ambassadors, Certain Software, Concur Technologies and Passkey have launched new or updated meetings... KEEP READING

Resorts Meet Corporate Groups' Midweek Golf Demand

Many hotel and resort properties are investing in golf amenities, hoping to lure more corporate meeting business. Corporate groups have become a major... KEEP READING

CEO Charts Course: One-On-One With StarCite's Michael Boult

Meetings management technology provider StarCite Inc. in 2005 launched an aggressive growth strategy with expansion into Europe, enhanced hotel... KEEP READING

Formal Mtg. Policies Still RareBy Corrie Dosh

Companies remain split over whether to implement formal corporate meeting management policies to save money and control risks, according to an exclusive... KEEP READING

Hotels Further E-Booking: Hilton Joins Online Race, But Meeting Buyer Demand UnclearBy Corrie Dosh

Hilton Hotels Corp. last month announced new online group room block booking technology and said it plans to extend the tool to meeting space and... KEEP READING

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