Pharmaceutical company Allergan Inc. is likely to save more than one-third of its meeting spend next year due to new management procedures that centralize contract approval, standardize payment and shun...

Still wounded by low corporate meeting budgets and under pressure from discount-wielding hoteliers that have continued to modify their complete meeting package style of pricing, conference centers...

ValuJet And Pan Am Return As Kiwi Quits Routes By Jay Campbell Their histories are vastly different, but the paths of ValuJet and Pan Am crossed last month when the two carriers re-entered the

A Strong Southwest Launches Co-Branded Card By Jay Campbell Dallas - Southwest Airlines last month made a rare move by joining a trend it didn't start-the introduction of a co-branded credit

PlanSoft Gets Cash By Chris Davis In what has been a financial watershed year for the meetings technology industry, with strategic alliances and venture financing abound, PlanSoft

Managing Meetings At CUNA Mutual: Web Registration Made A Must By Chris Davis While the concept of mandated online meetings registration has appealed primarily to those

Meetings Beat FONT SIZE="+2" Marriott, Westin Offer Net Access The Copley Connection, a joint meeting facility run by the Boston Marriott Copley Place and the nearby Westin Hotel, Copley Place ,

Stymied for months by some ironclad cutbacks in the corporate meetings market, individual hotels have introduced or are emphasizing daily inclusive per-attendee pricing packages to offer buyers cost...

Affordable Mtg. Venues Are The Apple Of Planners' Eyes By Frank Rosci With New York's meeting scene as varied and vibrant as it is, a particular segment--affordable meeting

New Zealand Mtgs. Rise By Judy Jacobs The meetings and incentives market has grown dramatically in New Zealand in the past year and is expected to continue thanks to two special