It's the burning question for many planners: how to negotiate with hotels to get the best deal for their meetings. Tim Brown, a partner with Meeting Sites Resource, Irvine, Calif., explored that subject in depth in a session he led on negotiations...
Clearly, finding hotel space at a reasonable cost in some downtown areas is a daunting task. Here are some strategies that veteran planners recommend...
DOES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT apply to foreign-flag cruise ships that operate in American waters? That issue went before the U.S. Supreme Court in March in Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., and the outcome could have broad...
LESS THAN TWO weeks before the American Association for Cancer Research was scheduled to hold its 2003 annual meeting in Toronto, the Premier of Ontario declared a provincial emergency due to the SARS epidemic. AACR had signed contracts with 21...
