The growth and ongoing development of half a dozen major conference centers in Atlanta has shown just how strong the demand for such services is in the city.Planners can choose among several top-tier

Bag Match Program Tested&>The nation's passenger airlines are in the midst of a two-week test of a positive baggage match system to gather practical information on how such a system could be

Managing Meetings At: Pfizer -- A Prescription For Conferencing By Mary Ann McNultyIn a deal closely watched for its size as well as innovation, Pfizer Inc., New York, last month

Delta CEO Richard Anderson this month spoke with BTN editor-in-chief David Meyer and senior editor Jay Boehmer to discuss Delta's integration with Northwest Airlines, the merged carrier's approach to...

Disney, Universal Go Head To Head In Orlando By Chris Davis Despite generally high hotel occupancy rates, the eternally growing Orlando area in Florida may well offer meeting

Parents Want Back Car Rental Concerns Gone Public By Lynn Woods It's a tribute to the car rental companies' strong earnings and overall excellence of performance that their parent companies now

The continuing proliferation of shorter lead times combined with hoteliers' lack of contracting leverage have left suppliers with the difficult tasks of negotiating current, and forecasting future,...

Visa USA Raises The Smart Card Stakes By Lynn Woods Smart cards got a boost in the consumer world with the announcement by Visa U.S.A. that it has unveiled a chip-embedded version of its consumer

Cutting Edge Gov't Cards Run Into Rollout Snafus By Lynn Woods Confronted by access codes that don't work properly, the inability to retrieve online reports with new software

Meeting Lead Times Hold The Long Course Into 1999 By Chris DavisWhile a healthy majority of corporate planners still report that they are planning more small meetings than large ones,