Meetings

The Convention Industry Council earlier this month announced it has raised $1 million in support of its Accepted Practices Exchange initiative to... KEEP READING

Starwood Hotels & Resorts next month will introduce a new meetings initiative at its largest convention properties that includes the standardization of... KEEP READING

Though remote conferencing tools spurred by spending cuts and one international crisis after another continue to weave their way into the fabric of... KEEP READING

Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts last month introduced a comprehensive questionnaire about its corporate meeting offerings, seeking opinions from meeting... KEEP READING

As the meetings industry ponders the effects of the announced acquisition of mega agency Rosenbluth International by American Express, the aftermath of... KEEP READING

Northwestern Incentive Services, a subsidiary of Northwestern Travel L.P.... KEEP READING

The past 12 months have been a time of marked change for, and increased visibility of, corporate meetings programs. The number of corporations at the... KEEP READING

Online meeting management firm StarCite Inc. last week acquired rival technology firm B-there Corp., fulfilling industry predictions of supplier... KEEP READING

American Express Meetings & Incentives last month introduced a new model for comprehensive meetings expense management that it will use to guide the... KEEP READING

Several hotels suddenly have embraced a new method of attracting lucrative corporate meeting and training business: transforming parts of their... KEEP READING

A mandate to register all meetings through a central department and a site selection philosophy that is aligned closely with its restricted transient... KEEP READING

Online travel agency Orbitz late last month introduced a new service to provide its Orbitz for Business customers with simple access to meeting planning... KEEP READING

Confident that the most trying times for the industry and association alike are in the past, Meeting Professionals International will further implement... KEEP READING

PlanSoft last month quietly introduced an internally developed attendee management application called Qreg, short for quick registration. The move,... KEEP READING

New data from an exclusive Meetings Monitor survey show the use of technology to consolidate meeting spending information is growing quickly, offering... KEEP READING