On August 3, the Accreditation Council for CME sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance to address the committee’s concerns about CME. In a report issued in April and a subsequent letter to the ACCME, the SFC expressed reservations...

At its annual meeting this week in Chicago, ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership announced the formation of a new meeting, the Global Summit on Social Responsibility...

Corporations are putting a higher priority on mandating that employees use business travel booking policies, according to BCD Travel’s 2007 Annual Client Benchmark Survey—a trend that is also creeping into meetings and incentive travel policy...

President George W. Bush has signed legislation that includes provisions designed to extend and strengthen the Visa Waiver Program...

The MECCs Directory and CME/Medical Meetings Services Guide will be key buying references for Medical Meetings' 12,000 subscribers - CME providers and medical association and pharmaceutical meeting planners...

Meet Minneapolis, the official convention and visitors association of the city of Minneapolis, has issued a statement acknowledging the tragic collapse of the city’s 35W bridge that carried the main north-south highway through Minneapolis...

The roughly 30,000 culinary workers in Las Vegas who have been working without a contract since June 1st will soon vote on whether or not to strike...

The Transportation Security Administration has changed its x-ray screening policy for certain electronic items, and, if first reports are any indication, travelers trying to bring their electronics through airport security checkpoints could be in...

A Business Travel Coalition survey has found that 82 percent of survey participants want to see the airlines they do business with “embrace” the Registered Traveler program...

Key findings from the APEX contracts report, released earlier this year by the Convention Industry Council’s Accepted Practices Exchange initiative, came to light at a recent webinar. The report recommends industry best practices for handling...