Meetings

Already possessing one of the most highly managed corporate meeting programs for a large company, PricewaterhouseCoopers has retained an outside... KEEP READING

The debate over lower-than-negotiated room rates found on public Internet sites, which gripped the transient corporate travel industry earlier this... KEEP READING

Airlines' flexibility on meeting and group travel pricing dropped across the board, according to the results of Business Travel News' annual airline... KEEP READING

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