WHILE GIVING A RECENT wrapup on the election and its effects on issues relating to travel and tourism, Rick Webster, director of government affairs for the Travel Industry Association of America, jokingly downplayed the results...

“If your business is nothing but a travel fulfillment company, in a couple of years you're sure to be a twitching corpse.” ...

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Suzette Eaddy listened closely late this summer to news reports about elevated terrorism threats. Eaddy, director of conferences for the National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc., New York, was particularly concerned because her group...

Mickie O'Donnell Gutierrez ...

The digital, interactive badge nTAG, which earned top honors in EIBTM's 2003 Worldwide Watch (see 2004 winners, left), has been named a preferred supplier by one of the country's leading independent meeting planning companies, Cleveland-based...

It looks as if meeting planners are heading straight into a seller's market, according to the 2005 U.S. Lodging Forecast by PricewaterhouseCoopers. “The balance of power has shifted, especially during higher occupancy periods,” says PWC's Bjorn...

WITH SO MANY great resorts at Walt Disney World, it can be difficult to choose which is right for your meeting or event...