Hard to believe that just a few years ago U.S. airlines were enjoying record revenues. This year is expected to be the worst in aviation history, with U.S. carriers losing a record $6 billion, according to the International Air Transport...
Look out Providence — you may have the TV show and Mr. Potato Head, but when it comes to conventions, Hartford's hot on your trail. Connecticut's capitol city has broken ground on a new convention center, that, if it lives up to the proposed plans...
Ever since Meeting Professionals International's President and CEO Ed Griffin announced his resignation a few weeks ago, there has been a lot of talk about the pros and cons of merging MPI with the Professional Convention Management Association...
The new Knoxville Convention Center was unveiled in October. The KCC is the centerpiece of World's Fair Park in the heart of the downtown business and entertainment district, and is sparking the city's economic revival. It's sited adjacent to...
Begun in January, the $11.4 million, 60,000-square-foot expansion of the Amarillo (Texas) Civic Center is on target for a mid-2003 completion. With the expansion, the center's meeting and exhibit space will total nearly 340,000 square feet...
The days of banking unused nonrefundable airline tickets are over, at least for clients of US Airways, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, and United. The airlines' nonrefundable fares are now unusable after the scheduled date of travel if...
Bruce McDermott, the new general manager of The National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Va., wasn't sure how to commemorate the first anniversary of 9/11. With nearly 1,000 guest rooms, the former Xerox Document University outside Washington, D.C...
“What I'm hearing from all the association human resources people I've been speaking with can be summed up in two words: downsizing and outsourcing,” reports Shira Harrington, a senior personnel consultant with the Washington, D.C.-based...