Meetings

Many third-party suppliers have developed internal technology to manage a wide variety of corporate meeting functions and information, from attendee... KEEP READING

Two months after StarCite's acquisition of B-there again changed the competitive landscape of the meetings technology industry, StarCite CEO John Pino... KEEP READING

The continuing proliferation of shorter lead times combined with hoteliers' lack of contracting leverage have left suppliers with the difficult tasks of... KEEP READING

In preparation for the day they won't be able to book short-term meetings at reasonable contractual terms, buyers are instituting new internal... KEEP READING

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is nearing a decision on the selection of a meetings technology product, which it will implement as a major step toward... KEEP READING

Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts has polished its nearly one-year-old meetings program that promises specific levels of service for every corporate... KEEP READING

The pressures and time constraints of planning meetings with fewer in-house planners and the growing inclination of some corporations to develop... KEEP READING

The Association of Insurance and Financial Services Conference Planners is considering an initiative to quantify the amount of money its corporate buyer... KEEP READING

San Francisco this summer enhanced its appeal to business travelers and meeting planners with the long-anticipated openings of the Moscone Convention... KEEP READING

During the National Business Travel Association annual convention in Dallas last month, BTN editors discussed how buyers benchmark and outsource... KEEP READING

Though many corporations recently have modified their internal structures to align travel and meetings management, the executive atop the new structure... KEEP READING

StarCite and GetThere officials have agreed to permit individual clients whose attendees register for meetings through one of StarCite's attendee... KEEP READING

The active pace of development that has marked the Miami hotel scene in recent months continued this summer on a variety of fronts. Hilton Hotels Corp.... KEEP READING

The numbers of corporate buyers who are combining group and meeting volume in their requests for 2004 transient hotel rates is growing, and a handful of... KEEP READING

Three years after establishing its first companywide travel and meetings management program, Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm Grant Thornton... KEEP READING