As it works through contract negotiations with its labor unions, The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., has seen several meeting cancellations. Most recently, the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Washington, D.C., canceled...

The economy and gas prices are affecting hotel demand, but are they affecting room rates yet? For every 10 percent increase in gas prices, there is a correlating 0.5 percent decline in hotel demand, said Bjorn Hanson, a hospitality and leisure...

Independent producers are dropping their Series 6 license (the license needed to sell mutual funds and variable annuities) at an alarming rate because of compliance requirements, according to a recent LIMRA International study...

Bill Peeper, who retired as president of the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2006 after 25 years of service, has come out of retirement to join Maitland, Fla.-based consulting company, OCG as senior project advisor. OCG...

In a new study by the Incentive Research Foundation, 67 percent of respondents said that procurement departments have a negative effect on their ability to plan and implement incentive programs. In addition, 75 percent of participants reported...

Travelers avoided taking 41 million trips last year—including 12 million business trips—because of their frustration with air travel, according to a new study by the Travel Industry Association. The upshot is a $26.5 billion hit to the economy...