Chicago’s McCormick Place and the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle are rebounding with hardly a bounce from the September 11 tragedy...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last May published a new terrorism preparedness planning guidance for state and local governments. Much of the information also is useful for meeting planners seeking guidance on developing risk...
The Convention Industry Council and Web-based technology and services provider StarCite have teamed up in a joint initiative called "Operation Cancellation Rescue." Designed to help support the industry in the wake of September 11, the initiative...
Many associations were in the forefront of the action immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11. Here are just a few who leant a hand—not to mention a tugboat...
PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that revenue per available room (revPAR) for 2001 will decline 3.5 to 5.0 percent, the worst performance in the 33 years for which data is available. RevPAR had actually increased 3.6 percent in the first quarter...
As the nation watched the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, paralyzed with horror, people in hotels, convention and visitors bureaus, and virtually every other segment of the meetings...
RCM spoke with Terry Dale, executive vice president, and Nell Barrett, senior vice president, communications, NYC & Company, to get the convention and visitors bureau’s inside perspective on how New York City pulled together to handle the...