Meetings

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

Though the corporate meetings market remains scattershot, hotels continue to look to the segment to buttress occupancy and revenue levels, leading to... KEEP READING

The evaporation of lengthy corporate meeting lead times has changed the face of hotel yield management: With reams of historical booking data that has... KEEP READING

The inexorable shrinking of lead time has become the most widespread and inescapable reality of corporate meetings management today, affecting just... KEEP READING

One year after last September's terrorist attacks threw the spotlight on the possibilities of Webconferencing as a method of travel avoidance, the... KEEP READING

Lockheed Martin Corp., which ranked sixth in BTN's Corporate Travel 100 this year (BTN, Aug. 26), is developing its first managed meetings program,... KEEP READING

As senior executives continue to demand cost cutting in all facets of corporate operations, more meetings and travel buyers are considering or... KEEP READING

In a dramatic contrast to several moves by some U.S. airlines to limit transient discounting and flexibility, three major carriers last month revised... KEEP READING

Despite a flurry of interest in the immediate wake of last year's terrorist attacks, corporate meeting buyers, for the most part, have not maintained an... KEEP READING

Navigant International last week merged its two associated business units that manage corporate meetings, with the goal of creating a single entity that... KEEP READING

The ability of an upscale or luxury hotel to prevent problems from occurring during an event is the most direct way to increase meeting planner... KEEP READING

Though many resorts, particularly high-end or offshore properties, are suffering a persistent lack of corporate meetings business due to buyers'... KEEP READING

Conference center chains are taking steps to attract and retain their core clients corporate meetings that often involve training and technology as... KEEP READING