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Challenger: Only 62 Percent of Companies to Have Holiday Parties This Year
According to the annual Holiday Party Survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., only 62 percent of companies plan to have holiday parties this year.
CIC's Green Meeting Standards Nearly Done
More than two years in the making, the Convention Industry Council's Accepted Practices Exchange process to create industry standards for green meetings is on pace to be completed by the end of the...
ACTE Exec. Director Susan Gurley Resigns
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives yesterday announced that Executive Director Susan Gurley has resigned and will leave the organization Dec. 31.
ACTE Names BCD's Chris Crowley As Next President
The possibility of merger talks resuming between the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and the National Business Travel Association were furthered this week by the election of a senior BCD...
New Exhibit Industry Council Forms to Address Trade Show Concerns
In response to rising concerns from trade show exhibitors, five meetings industry associations have formed a new group in order to create and promote best practices for serving exhibitors at trade...
PCMA Meeting Sets Example, Embraces Social Media
The Professional Convention Management Association 2010 Annual Meeting, taking place Jan. 10-13, 2010, will feature several new tools and promotions that take advantage of social media.
Budding Corporate Travel Demand Sparks Guarded Airline Optimism
Corporate travel demand is improving, the major legacy airlines said during third-quarter earnings calls this week, though revenues and traffic from the segment remained down from the same period last...
MeetGreen Becomes North America's First British Standard-Certified Event Company
Portland, Ore.-based MeetGreen, formerly Meeting Strategies Worldwide, has been awarded the British Standard Sustainable Events Certification 2009, making it the first North American event management...
IACC North America Changes Name to IACC Americas
Because it wants to better reflect the International Association of Conference Centers' global goals, and its own goals of expanding into Central and South America, IACC's North American chapter has...
With New Licensing Plan, HelmsBriscoe Goes Global
As part of a new global strategy, HelmsBriscoe will begin directly licensing its brand outside of North America beginning May 6, 2010.
Certification Update: MPI Refines CMP As NBTA Readies Mark
Meeting Professionals International and the Convention Industry Council last month announced plans to alter the Certified Meeting Professional designation. Meanwhile, the National Business Travel...
Most Buyers See Growing 2010 Travel Spend, Says NBTA Survey
More than half of the 180 travel buyers in a new National Business Travel Association member survey project their travel spending to increase in 2010, while 31 percent expect no change.
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