Meetings

The Convention Industry Council's longstanding effort to develop standard practices for many aspects of the meeting industry continues to move forward,... KEEP READING

The new head of GetThere's DirectMeetings division is spearheading a program to measure the effectiveness of its offerings by creating quantifiable... KEEP READING

Aetna Inc. this year slashed its meeting expenditures by more than $1.5 million by mandating that all meetings be managed through a central department... KEEP READING

Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts in March will debut a meeting package for small corporate events that includes specific service guarantees at more than... KEEP READING

Meeting Professionals International president and CEO Edwin Griffin Jr. will leave the association upon the completion of his three-year contract on... KEEP READING

Conference center chain Dolce International has signed a deal with Newmarket International to enable electronic meeting requests for proposals to be... KEEP READING

Hilton Hotels Corp.... KEEP READING

New policies governing meeting approval, procedures for contract negotiation and post-event billing reconciliation should create savings for Black &... KEEP READING

Nearly one year after the acquisition of meetings management firm McGettigan Partners by Maritz Travel Co., Maritz CEO Jeff Reinberg and McGettigan... KEEP READING

Softer meeting volumes industrywide and tighter controls on meeting policies have led to a significant number of companies outsourcing fewer meetings to... KEEP READING

With the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives and the industry it serves both undergoing significant changes, the incoming president of the... KEEP READING

StarCite last month launched a new tool that allows national sales organizations of StarCite-registered hotel chains to forward meeting requests for... KEEP READING

Operating under the traditional belief that group air expenditure is an undermanaged aspect of meeting and incentive travel, a new company aims to serve... KEEP READING

Airport hotels traditionally have been a primary home of small, short-term corporate meetings, as their accessibility and generally lower costs lend... KEEP READING

Global direct-selling giant Amway Corp. not only has impacted event lead times but slashed about 11 percent off its nine-figure annual meeting... KEEP READING