Meetings

Northwest Airlines, in what appears to be an industry first, has created a single contract covering both transient and meetings travel that is open to... KEEP READING

A pair of hotel companies recently changed the tools with which they negotiate meetings, including the introduction of a standard meetings contract by... KEEP READING

The effective demise of attendee management site Event411, and the subsequent acquisition of its assets by group housing provider Passkey, has suppliers... KEEP READING

The changing procedures of corporate meetings management, both in the marketplace and within internal corporate structures, was front of mind at last... KEEP READING

During the past 12 months some of the most trying times the meeting industry ever has experienced the two-pronged assault of an economic recession and... KEEP READING

Meeting Professionals International is poised to rebound strongly from a difficult year, with incoming chairman of the board George Aguel focused on... KEEP READING

Major hotel chains are targeting corporate meeting business not only to bolster occupancy levels but also revenues, leading to an extremely unusual... KEEP READING

The creation of an intranet-based meeting registration application that includes direct links to its travel agency for fulfillment has allowed... KEEP READING

The Professional Convention Management Association last month capped a five-month search by naming medical association head David Kushner its new... KEEP READING

SeeUthere Technologies has developed an Internet-based meetings consolidation tool featuring centralized procurement and the ability for individual... KEEP READING

Philadelphia-based online meeting portal StarCite last month purchased the RegWeb online attendee management application from the company's longtime... KEEP READING

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide last month signed an agreement with online meetings management technology service StarCite to develop new... KEEP READING

Hilton Hotels Corp. last week said it agreed to sell the Harrison Conference Center chain to services management chain Aramark for $55 million in cash.... KEEP READING

Internet attendee management company B-there last month established a headquarters in Zurich to serve the European market.... KEEP READING

BTN again this summer will name three corporate or meetings buyers/managers as the best practitioners in their particular fields, including, but not... KEEP READING