Tokyo Room Count Climbing Amid High Demand By Maria Lenhart Tokyo's hotel room inventory is skyrocketing, with nine new hotels having opened since January and one dozen new properties expected to

Incentives Gain Legitimacy As Critical Planner Function By Lauren BielskiIncentives are a booming business--and getting bigger--as a greater variety of vendors share a growing market

Meetings technology company StarCite last month secured $15 million in funding from the company's current investors, including Norwest Venture Partners, Internet Capital Group and TPG Ventures. StarCite...

Rearden Commerce this month announced it has received an additional $100 million in funding primarily from previous investors American Express, Foundation Capital and Oak Investment Partners and new...

Meeting planners must adopt procurement-based strategies, such as the use of standard contract language and the establishment of preferred vendors, to prove their value against the growing pressure to...

Avis Follows Hertz's Bid to Go Public It's official: The Hertz Corp. is now a publicly held company. Its initial public offering of 20,010,000 shares of Class A Common Stock are priced at $24

Multibrand hotel companies in recent weeks have detailed ambitious pipeline expectations, despite demand softening and growing concerns about the economic outlook, particularly for expansion...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is extending the deadline for compliance with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Compliance with the section initially was set...

Swissair, Sabena To Mesh By David Jonas Corporate buyers soon will have an easier time negotiating contracts that include both Sabena and Swissair as the two carriers combine their

Carriers Reorganize Their Ranks By David Jonas Just a few weeks into the new millennium, several carriers have announced executive restructuring that allows each to focus on enhanced strategies for