Worktopia Inc., an online booking engine that offers meeting planners the ability to search, compare, and book simple meetings and group accommodations online in real time, announced its Universal Meeting Solution at the National Business Travel...
Tom Norwalk has been named president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, effective July 25. Norwalk, who has served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the SCVB since 2005, succeeds Don Welsh. Welsh resigned in...
Meetings management technology provider StarCite has appointed Gregory J. Dukat as its new chief executive officer, effective July 15, 2008. Dukat comes to the Philadelphia-based company from asset management software provider Ventyx Inc...
In an industry that's facing the most turbulent times since September 11, 2001, the National Business Travel Association is taking a strong leadership role with this year's annual convention, being held through Wednesday in Los Angeles. At press...
Thanks to pressure from a coalition led by the Air Transport Association, a bill has been introduced in Congress that would limit excessive speculation by investors, which, the coalition says, is responsible for some of the increase in oil costs...
Meeting Professionals International is introducing some changes with this year’s World Education Congress, starting with the way attendees prepare for the event...
Citing an air-travel environment that has reached crisis proportions, the board of directors of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events voted to create the Air Transportation Crisis Task Force, charged with examining and...
There’s no sign of a slow-down in the development of hotels overseas. Here is a sampling...
On June 12, FLO Corp., a Registered Traveler enrollment provider, announced a new a distribution agreement with Advantage Performance Network, a meetings, incentives, and corporate travel company headquartered in Savage, Minn. Six days later, FLO...