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According to this press release, planners are less likely than they used to be to select sites by visiting sites, distributing RFPs and signing contracts. "Three years of economic downturn put the brakes on corporate travel in 2000 but this year...
Casinos in Las Vegas now can relate to how cruiselines feel when the media plays up a shipboard illness. According to this article from The Miami Herald, nasty gastro-intestinal illnesses have jumped ship and now are plaguing the Strip. ...
When stuck with explaining the vagaries of low-flow toilets required by the Clayton, Mo., building codes to its guests, the Clayton on the Park hotel tried to keep a sense of humor. ...
Despite what the spammer hawking enlargers for certain body parts might try to tell you, it’s not enough just to increase your size—especially if you’re a downtown convention center looking to get a bigger share of the meetings market. ...
Oh no, not again! According to this article from the New York Times, hotels are starting in with the surcharges again. I remember following this trend a few years back when hotels started charging extra fees for energy usage during a shortage...
The Hawaii Tourism Authority just launched a new business information Web site, www.hawaiiworks.com, that the state's hospitality industry hopes will help promote it as a business and meetings destination. It provides information about meetings...
With apologies to Aretha, the Spring 2004 Online Customer Respect Study of 36 airline, travel and leisure firms found that when it comes to respecting the customer in the online environment, some of our faves just aren’t cutting it. ...
The San Jose CVB’s recent launch of its new web site, www.sanjose.org, is a demonstration of why it makes sense to stay on top of your Web site. Since the new site was introduced on Monday, April 19, the bureau has seen a 53 percent increase in...
So, when we go on the road, we eat too much, drink too much, sleep too little, and generally tend to misbehave, so the findings of this Orbitz Hotel Habits study should come as no surprise—we tend to trash our hotels rooms as well as our bodies. ...
