Meetings

Meeting Professionals International in the next 12 months will dedicate significant financial and technological resources to the development of research... KEEP READING

In an atypical move to attract small meetings to its properties, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' Summerfield Suites brand last month introduced a new... KEEP READING

Once again proving its willingness to incorporate new or little-known technology suppliers into its travel and meeting operations, Akamai Technologies... KEEP READING

The market for buying space for corporate executive and board meetings remains in flux due to scattershot demand fueled by dueling trends: The general... KEEP READING

Two years after implementing a mandated meetings policy, including the potential nonreimbursement of meeting expenses as a consequence of noncompliance,... KEEP READING

The Star Alliance network of 15 carriers, including United Airlines and US Airways, had modified its Conventions Plus global meetings and convention... KEEP READING

A majority of corporations either now have or this year plan to develop formal policies covering meeting planning and procurement, most of which center... KEEP READING

A recently acquired meetings and incentive management firm will be a primary engine powering the Navigant Performance Group's strategy of increasing its... KEEP READING

The group and meetings programs at US Airways have remained static despite the recent upheaval including labor troubles and executive changes (BTN,... KEEP READING

Though quality buying opportunities abound, analysts and hoteliers report some recent growth in corporate meetings demand for the cost efficiency of... KEEP READING

A majority of corporate meeting buyers employ remote conferencing tools specifically to reduce meetings expenditures, and a significant amount of those... KEEP READING

Lockheed Martin Corp. in January introduced a formal policy that covers its first comprehensive, companywide meetings program, which directs all of the... KEEP READING

A three-year implementation of an extensive meetings management strategy, centered around a new policy requiring central registration of events and the... KEEP READING

Travelocity Business president Ellen Keszler last month told Meetings Today the company is in talks with SeeUthere Technologies and StarCite Inc. to... KEEP READING

Some hotels this year have resurrected the long-dormant practice of applying yield management strategies to ancillary corporate meeting revenues in... KEEP READING