American Express Advisory Services within two months plans to offer midsize companies a new sourcing tool for small meetings. The tool, called Preferred Extras: Meetings, is an electronic catalog of properties with pre-negotiated rates secured by...
While in County Kerry, Ireland, several years ago, veteran meeting planner Paula Kelly, a vice president with the former AmerUs Annuity Group (now part of Aviva), got a directive from a company executive: “Get me some tee times at Ballybunion Golf...
As we move into the second quarter of 2007, all of us — meeting planners and suppliers — are facing many challenges. Some of the challenges are anticipated and planned, but new ones seem to be cropping up every day. The “squeaky wheel” vies for...
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? Other than at MPI in Dallas, I'd have to say Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It has amazing geography, amazing people, and an amazing outlook on life. I think I could live to be...
At the Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference-Europe in Copenhagen, association leadership announced a six-part strategy to become a more global organization...
The Department of Homeland Security plans to relax the passport requirements for children who are citizens of the United States and Canada traveling into the U.S. via land and sea...
Airfares and hotel room rates increased substantially in 2006, according to the 2006 Business Travel Monitor, which was released Monday by American Express Business Travel...
