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Northeast Leaders Take Survival Steps in the Face of Recession
In coping with the worst economic crisis in a generation, CVBs all around the Northeast are focusing resources and reexamining priorities.
Roger Dow, Christine Duffy Address Government Restrictions at MPI's MeetDifferent
During the Opening General Session Sunday for its annual MeetDifferent conference, Meeting Professionals International presented a special keynote session led collaboratively by Roger Dow and Christine...
Travel Industry Announces Best Practices for Corporate Meetings
In response to discussions on Capital Hill, a consortium of key meetings, events and incentive travel industry associations has issued a series of "best practices" guidelines for the use of meetings and...
Industry Unites Against Events Criticism, Plans 'Best Practices' for Corporate America
A consortium of travel, meetings and events industry leaders have collaborated in order to respond to the federal government's efforts at ending meetings, events and incentive travel programs for...
To Avoid Layoffs, Wynn Las Vegas Announces 'Efficiency Initiatives'
In a move designed to help it keep full-time staff employed despite a recession that has prompted mass layoffs throughout corporate America, Wynn Las Vegas has announced a number of "efficiency...
Weber Shandwick: Despite Economy, Business Conferences, Speakers Are Booming
Despite the global economic downturn that is negatively impacting much of the meetings industry, demand remains strong and growing for corporate conferences and speakers, suggests a new study from New...
Hilton to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to D.C. from Beverly Hills
In the third quarter of 2009, Hilton Hotels Corporation will pick up and move its corporate headquarters to Washington, D.C., from Beverly Hills, Calif., where it's been headquartered since 1969, it...
ASAE Awards 176 CAE Credentials
The American Society of Association Executives has awarded 176 association professionals its prestigious Certified Association Executive credential.
ACTE Survey: After Hudson River Scare, Companies Reconsider Executive Travel Policies
Companies worldwide may be putting their operations at risk by allowing their executives to travel together on the same plane, asserts the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, which released...
NBTA Grades Government on 2008 Corporate Travel Policy
When it comes to dealing with issues and policies affecting the corporate travel industry, the National Business Travel Association has graded the U.S. government and given it a C for 2008.
ACTE Plans Industry Survey of Economic, Travel, CSR Trends
For the fourth year in a row, the Alexandria, Va.-based Association of Corporate Travel Executives will collaborate with travel expense management company KDS on an industry-wide survey that will...
Holding Pattern
Despite fewer flights and capacity cuts, meeting planners are finding ways to deal with getting delegates to and from second- and third-tier cities.
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