Meetings

Corporate meeting cutbacks and a newfound buyer's market have led to more or at least, not less discounting by hotels trying to attract groups,... KEEP READING

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has developed a standardized group billing solution, allowing corporate meeting planners to receive a single bill that automatically... KEEP READING

Brab Itineraries From SeeUthere Santa Clara, Calif.-based SeeUthere Technologies has enabled corporate meetings and travel managers to obtain real-time... KEEP READING

Recessionary concerns blanketed Meeting Professionals International's annual Professional Education Conference in Honolulu this year, most obviously in... KEEP READING

Industry veteran Michael Lyons, who has held several high-ranking positions at meetings and travel firms while exploring the entertainment industry, has... KEEP READING

Despite the daily reports of Internet bloodletting throughout 2001, online meeting portals and attendee management sites enter 2002 operational and... KEEP READING

One of Canada's largest financial planning and mutual fund companies has saved more than 15 percent of its meeting and travel budget during the past... KEEP READING

Even as airlines relax restrictions on many of their corporate group and meetings offerings, including zone fares, some corporate travel and meetings... KEEP READING

Following in the footsteps of some of its larger hotel chain competitors, St. Louis-based Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts this spring will introduce the... KEEP READING

The first solid products of the Convention Industry Council's long-gestating Accepted Practices Exchange project have been developed, with initial... KEEP READING

The corporate meetings industry is certainly in the midst of a general slowdown, as shown by recent Meetings Monitor polling data, but there are also... KEEP READING

Jill Harrington, executive vice president and CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, last month announced that she would step down at... KEEP READING

Buoyed, in some cases, by new methods of group revenue management that allow airline sales representatives to offer deeper discounts to meeting... KEEP READING

In the midst of its first companywide meetings centralization initiative, which officials hope will slash $20 million of corporate meetings spending in... KEEP READING

For no-hassle travel within Japan, nothing beats the Japan Rail pass. Sold only to foreign visitors staying 90 days or less, the pass is an ideal... KEEP READING