Meetings

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

Optimistic Conf. Center Chains Consider Pricing ChangesBy Corrie Dosh

Leading conference center chains have reconsidered negotiating and marketing strategies in light of the growing role of procurement and new types of... KEEP READING

Starwood Offers Rebates, Rewards, Discounts, Attrition Allowances: Chain Makes Multi-Yr. BidBy Corrie Dosh

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide last month launched a program to secure multi-year, multi-meeting corporate contracts that features rebates,... KEEP READING

Buyers Drive Maturation Of Attendee Management TechBy Corrie Dosh

Adopting an attendee management system often is the first milestone for companies installing meeting management technology, said service providers, but... KEEP READING

Buyers Weigh Mtgs. Tech ImpactBy Corrie Dosh

Technology has taken a firm place in many companies' meeting management solutions, according to a Meetings Monitor survey of 204 corporate meetings... KEEP READING

CIC To Release StandardsBy Corrie Dosh

The Convention Industry Council early this year will release a guide to best practices in event housing and registration management, as the fifth and... KEEP READING

Cruise Lines Woo Corp. Mtgs., But Rates UpBy Michael Ratcliffe

With the major cruise lines planning and launching new ships designed to better appeal to the corporate customer and retrofitting older vessels with... KEEP READING

Delta Axes Mtgs. Fares: Carrier Eliminates Group And Zone Discounts As Part Of Fare ReformBy Corrie Dosh

Delta Air Lines on Jan. 5 eliminated its group and meeting sales products along with its announcement of a new fare simplification strategy, but... KEEP READING

IACC Inspections ProgressBy Corrie Dosh

Members of the International Association of Conference Centers have shown strong support for a property-inspection project launched in 2004 and look to... KEEP READING

Managing Meetings At: Bank Of America--Financial Co. Centralizes Contract Mgmt.By Corrie Dosh

Global financial giant Bank of America in September 2004 rolled out an enterprisewide strategic meetings management policy to funnel all events that... KEEP READING

Meetings Beat - 2005-01-17

Meeting Professionals International and American Express in their annual FutureWatch report, released Jan. 11, predicted a second year of solid... KEEP READING

MPI Paper Urges Strategic Mgmt.By Corrie Dosh

Meeting planners must adopt procurement-based strategies, such as the use of standard contract language and the establishment of preferred vendors, to... KEEP READING

New Luxury Hotels To Enhance Central Tokyo's RevivalBy Maria Lenhart

Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula, two luxury hotel brands with a long-established presence in Asia and a growing presence in the United States will both... KEEP READING

More Articles