The Drug Information Association attracted record attendance for its annual meeting in Boston, despite striking food service workers and union members picketing in front of the convention center during the meeting...

Bruce MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International, welcomed a record-breaking audience of more than 4,300 attendees to MPI’s World Education Congress at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during Sunday’s...

The Transportation Security Agency has prohibited Verified Identity Pass Inc., the operator of the Clear Registered Traveler program, from enrolling new RT customers after a computer laptop containing the unencrypted personal information of 33,000...

“The economy isn’t going to get much better in the next year,” said William A. Hanbury, president and CEO of Destination DC, and chair of Destination Marketing Association International. He was decrying the high cost of fuel and referring to “the...

Early in July, the hospitality industry was rocked by Marriott International’s announcement that second-quarter profits fell by 24 percent and that revenue per available room, or RevPar, would decrease by 1 percent in the United States in 2008...

Worktopia Inc., an online booking engine that offers meeting planners the ability to search, compare, and book simple meetings and group accommodations online in real time, announced its Universal Meeting Solution at the National Business Travel...

Tom Norwalk has been named president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, effective July 25. Norwalk, who has served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the SCVB since 2005, succeeds Don Welsh. Welsh resigned in...

Meetings management technology provider StarCite has appointed Gregory J. Dukat as its new chief executive officer, effective July 15, 2008. Dukat comes to the Philadelphia-based company from asset management software provider Ventyx Inc...

The importance, and challenges, of fostering diversity in associations will be a keynote topic at the American Society of Association Executives annual meeting, coming up August 16 to 19 at the San Diego Convention Center...

In an industry that's facing the most turbulent times since September 11, 2001, the National Business Travel Association is taking a strong leadership role with this year's annual convention, being held through Wednesday in Los Angeles. At press...