Planning a meeting or incentive in Canada is a little trickier than it's been in the past, but there's still good reason to meet in our neighbor to the north. First the good news: Prices were expected to remain stable for U.S. travelers in the...
Instituting a strategic meeting management program in the United States is one thing; expanding it globally is quite another. Corporate travel and meeting buyers gathered May 7 to discuss challenges to multinational SMMPs at a panel discussion...
Two dominant themes stand out from the three major meeting planning conferences I've attended since January: the globalization of meetings and the greening of meetings...
I’m going to guess that, like me, anyone who travels fairly frequently puts together his or her own private “best” and “worst” lists. With a little prompting I can probably come up with a list of the 10 nicest hotels I’ve every stayed in. Or the...
A Decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the effect the increase will have on air travel into the U.K...
As he planned a June 2007 Allstate Insurance Co. incentive trip to the Caribbean, Mark Mosley thought long and hard about his group's flight arrangements. His final conclusion: Between the sky-high fares and the many inconveniences now associated...
With the Association's 2007 annual meeting in Toronto this May, Kathy Cannon, associate executive director at the American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research, The Woodlands, Texas, was more than a little anxious about attendance...
London is expected to be a top spot for corporate meetings and events this year, according to Global Event Partners' annual survey of its worldwide consortium of more than 70 destination management companies. London and the U.K. were cited by one...
