We have basked for so long in the glow of an ever-expanding economy and a strong meeting market that planners and hoteliers may have forgotten what a buyer's market is like. And many haven't forgotten — they never knew...
Constant Reminder From its user conference Web site, mapping software company ESRI, Redlands, Calif., offers users the chance to download an ongoing reminder of its upcoming events in the form of a screensaver. The free applet features the images...
Callaway Gardens, a sprawling resort and garden complex an hour's drive from Atlanta International Airport, will mark its 50th anniversary with the September opening of The Southern Pine. This 54,000-square-foot facility will have 22,000 square...
Mayors and local governments are looking for reasons — and possible scapegoats — for lower-than-forecast visitor numbers and convention center bookings. Some convention and visitors bureaus are finding themselves on the line. In late March, Boston...
While the National Association of Television Program Executives, based in Los Angeles, recently confirmed that its 2003 annual convention would go on as planned at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center next January, it has formally released its...
It started in March when Delta cut travel agency commissions for tickets sold in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. By the end of the month, American, Continental, Northwest, United, US Airways, America West, and Air...
Bridge may seem like a simple card game to the uninitiated, but once you're hooked, you may find yourself doing some extreme things. For Bill Gates, it was flying in bridge partners to surprise his friend, investment guru Warren Buffet, with a 24...
Citing a declining attendance and exhibitor presence, the American Hotel & Lodging Association recently decided to can a 90-year-old tradition — the AH&LA's annual spring conference. The federation of state lodging associations, which...
The groundbreaking of the Colorado Convention Center Expansion set a Guinness World Record when 1,260 people participated in the dig to begin construction on the $268 million expansion of the Colorado Convention Center, due to open in December...