When meeting planners for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are sourcing a meeting, their RFPs include 14 questions designed to gauge a property's environmental awareness and the steps it is taking toward sustainability. The EPA is working...

A combination of rising hotel, airfare, and supplier costs and the devalued dollar are playing havoc with 2008 incentive travel budgets. Here are the stats from our newest survey of corporate incentive planners

Several new twists are in store at Meeting Professionals International’s Professional Education Conference/North America, starting with the date...

Buoyed by an influx of first-time attendees, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events drew its largest crowd since 2001 at Expo! Expo!--IAEE’s annual meeting and exposition...

The Convention Industry Council’s 2007 Hall of Leaders Gala, held last week at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, “was among the best awards ceremonies I’ve ever been to,” says Terri Breining, CMP, CMM, president, Concepts...

In another step along the way to the full implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, as of January 31, 2008, adult travelers entering the United States through land and sea ports will have to present proof of identity and...