In the last few weeks, I’ve begun to wonder whether the meetings industry as we know it will survive the outside pressures that are lining up against face-to-face gatherings...

Attendance may have been down at the 2009 Motivation Show, held September 29 to October 1 in Chicago, but for those who walked the aisles, there was still business to do, including building and maintaining relationships...

The National Business Travel Association has sweetened the pot for people interested in taking the first week of its brand-new Strategic Meetings Management Certification course. For Core Week 1, which will be offered November 2-6 at Emory...

Joyce Landry and Jo Kling started their cruise-booking company, Landry & Kling, back in 1982. They’ve been at sea ever since...

A new “Virtual Engagement Suite” announced by Carlson Marketing marries the virtual conference technology created by Menlo Park, Calif.–based Unisfair with Carlson’s meeting-management experience...

A funny thing is happening on the way to the global climate change summit in Copenhagen in December...

At the Motivation Show, attendees heard strategic management advice from the pros.

Hotel rates will continue to decline while airfares will increase slightly in 2010. That was the projection from American Express’ 2010 Global Business Travel Forecast, which was released on September 30...

Next year's Motivation Show will have a new format, schedule, and venue, announced Peter Erickson, managing director, Hall-Erickson Inc., at a press conference at this year’s show in Chicago on Sept. 29...

Reacting to the outcry over the firing of 98 housekeepers at three Boston-area Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced September 25 that it has found full-time jobs in the Boston market for the displaced workers...