The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., is the latest luxury property to get hit by the recession. After 231 years in operation, the 721-room resort filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 19. Marriott International, Inc...
According to the 2009 Exhibit Management Survey, conducted by the Trade Show Exhibitors Association, exhibitors are expecting their budgets for 2009 to shrink, but they still plan to exhibit...
With the launch of its new Association Resource Center, Northern Illinois University is looking to make its services and resources available to the association community...
One of the biggest risk factors for meetings professionals is inaccurately gauging attendance and, as a result, having to pay attrition damages for not filling the contracted room block. In today’s economic climate, the risk is heightened as...
IMEX, the worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings, and events, is introducing Meetings Under the Microscope, a series of 10 free workshops designed to give attendees a fast-track understanding of current best practices and meeting...
Five new plaques will be added to the Hall of Leaders Recognition Pavilion in the Washington Convention Center and in McCormick Place in Chicago. The newest recipients of the Convention Industry Council’s high honor, given to individuals who have...
Las Vegas’ drastic drop in meetings and conventions business over the last several months has forced the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to suspend a plan to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center...
The Green Meeting Industry Council, an association dedicated to sustainability for meetings and events, has a challenge for the industry: Divert, recycle, or compost a million tons of trash between Earth Day, April 22, and the end of 2009...
Landry & Kling is launching a new service called SeaSite, an online portal that will allow meeting planners to source and plan cruise ship–based meetings...
Times are tough, very tough, but there is a flipside for religious meeting planners: it’s a buyer’s market. CVBs, local governments, hotels, and resorts nationwide are doing everything they can to attract meetings to replace corporate business...
