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Cos. Try To Avoid Costly Short-Term Mtgs.By Corrie Dosh

Corporate meeting buyers this year face continued pressure from their companies to book meetings with short lead times, according to a new Meetings... KEEP READING

High Demand, No New Supply Gives Resorts Upper HandBy Maria Lenhart

For many resort hotels, this past winter was anything but cold. A surge in both corporate meetings and leisure business coupled with a lack of new... KEEP READING

Hotels Fortify Contracts: Mtg. Buyers Struggle With Attrition, Cancellation, Deposit ClausesBy Corrie Dosh

Contractual deposit, cancellation and attrition clauses, which some hoteliers waived or relaxed in the buyer's market of the past four years, once again... KEEP READING

Managing Meeting At Bristol-Myers Squibb: Strategic Hotel, Mtgs. Consolidation Cuts SpendBy Corrie Dosh

Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. during the past 10 months has saved 10 percent of its meeting spend through a procurement-driven... KEEP READING

Meetings Beat - 2005-03-21

The groups and meetings committee of the National Business Travel Association on Feb. 16 released the third installment in a series of resource papers... KEEP READING

PCMA Names Former Chicago CTB Exec CEOBy Corrie Dosh

The Professional Convention Management Association has embarked on a new "external-focused" drive to increase the group's role as an advocate and... KEEP READING

Short-Term Rate Hikes Push Mtgs. To Alternate MarketsBy Corrie Dosh

Corporate meeting buyers have begun to move some of their events out of major cities and to secondary markets as competition for space heats up and room... KEEP READING

Though Meetings Grow, Financial Cos. Limit IncentivesBy Corrie Dosh

Though some financial services companies are holding more meetings this year, spending restraints on many large incentive events will remain in place,... KEEP READING

Golf Prices Hold Steady As Supply Growth Paces DemandBy Maria Lenhart

While rising demand from both groups and leisure guests has allowed many resorts to boost their room rates, resort greens fees and group golf tournament... KEEP READING

Hilton Downgrades GroupsBy Corrie Dosh

Hilton Hotels Corp. is expected to shift its business mix away from discount group blocks to higher-margin leisure and transient business travel,... KEEP READING

Managing Meetings At: Cisco Systems--Tech Firm To Decentralize Meeting LogisticsBy Corrie Dosh

After five years of intensive consolidation and cost-saving efforts, Cisco Systems Inc. this year is set to shift its strategic meetings management... KEEP READING

Meetings Beat - 2005-02-07By Chris Davis

PCMA Offers Space-Management Software... KEEP READING

MPI Spotlights Tracking Of ROIBy Corrie Dosh

Meeting Professionals International members, during a special "Influencing Senior Executives" track at its Professional Education Conference North... KEEP READING

New Luxury Resorts Target Executive Board MeetingsBy Bruce Serlen

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. last month announced it is building a 126-room resort called Molasses Reef on West Caicos, an uninhabited, 6,000-acre island in... KEEP READING

Office Space Specialist Making Room For Corporate Mtgs.By Amon Cohen

A test-preparation firm, faced with the challenge of sourcing large volumes of worldwide day-meeting rooms, has spurned hotel space in favor of... KEEP READING

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