Meetings

Financial services companies this year are holding substantially more meetings than in prior years and, in some cases, are springing for more upscale... KEEP READING

As corporate transient demand spikes, corporate meeting buyers next year can expect less power when negotiating room rates, ancillary fees and... KEEP READING

The need for a clear set of standards for automating housing and room block management is increasingly important, as meeting planners, seeking to... KEEP READING

Meeting Professionals International late last month announced the restoration of its Corporate Circle of Excellence, a group of high-level meeting... KEEP READING

Taking advantage of a lull in its meetings activity, midmarket manufacturing firm On Semiconductor Corp. within the past few months introduced a... KEEP READING

The overwhelming majority of more than 600 marketing executives said the importance of event marketing is on the rise or at least constant, suggesting... KEEP READING

With corporate meetings making a comeback this year, resorts are starting to regain the upper hand at the bargaining table. Although not yet back to the... KEEP READING

With demand for domestic and international incentive travel steadily increasing and membership in the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives on the... KEEP READING

With the next generation of remote conferencing technology hitting the market in increasingly affordable and improved, integrated packages, more... KEEP READING

Improved financial performance has sparked some corporations to re-examine the potential motivational effects of travel versus other incentives,... KEEP READING

The establishment of strict policies that centralize control of many logistical aspects of meetings management, with strong consequences for... KEEP READING

No Annual Conference For Reorganizing SCMP... KEEP READING

The merger of former meetings technology foes PlanSoft Inc. and SeeUthere Technologies into a new firm called OnVantage Inc. likely marks the end of the... KEEP READING

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide very recently began signing standardized contracts that include combined corporate group and transient rates and... KEEP READING

Cendant Travel Distribution Services subsidiary Travelport Corporate Solutions last month aligned with The EventQuest Group, a full-service meetings... KEEP READING