The board of the directors of the National Business Travel Association voted last week to continue to pursue a merger with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. However, the issue is at a standstill. ACTE had voted the previous week not...
The meetings industry has gotten the attention of the Obama administration and has a strong supporter in Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, according to a high-ranking official with the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, speaking at the...
“I can now say it—I am Paco and I am the face of travel!”
That was a Twitter post from Paco Saldaña just before noon eastern time on June 17. Saldaña, director of guest services at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, is the winner of the U.S. Trave...
The 2009 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, wrapped up at the end of May in Frankfurt, Germany. Green meeting issues were front and center at the show, with an awards program and IMEX...
Corporate Meetings & Incentives has won a national American Society of Business Press Editors award for its February 2008 cover story, "Surviving Six Sigma," which featured Debi Scholar, CMM, CMP, CTE, CTT, and Kathy Murray of...
The National Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Va., has recently been in talks with two industry associations: Meeting Professionals International and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives...
