Industry

New Guard Rising: Q&A with Four Fresh CVB Chiefs
It's been a busy year of transition at the convention and visitors bureaus of some of the nation's top meetings destinations. MeetingNews recently spoke with the new bureau chiefs in the four major...
Carlson Marketing Acquires TQ3Navigant
Minneapolis -- Today Carlson Marketing announced it has acquired TQ3Navigant Performance Group (NPG).
Carry-On Liquids Banned on U.S. Flights
Washington -- The federal Transportation Security Administration today banned air passengers from carrying nearly any liquids aboard flights within and to the United States, a reaction to today's foiled...
Personal Success: iPod Accessories
Accessorize your portable music device with these compact products.
Southwest Gets More 'Love': Airline Can Expand at Love Field
Southwest Airlines can expand long-range service from its Love Field headquarters here under an agreement that appears to resolve a bitter, years-long dispute over air service in northern Texas.
Drilling Down: Knowing Audience Demographics
Fill programming voids. Cultivate future members. Address lifestyle needs. How? Segment your audience.
Ready to Harvest
It's time for associations to really start marketing to Gen Xers
Raleigh Convention Bureau Head to Retire
Raleigh, N.C., -- Dave Heinl, president and chief executive of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau since its inception in 1987, yesterday announced his retirement, effective next March...
Fam-Trip Abuse: Once a Scourge, Less Of a Problem Nowadays
Fourteen years ago, MeetingNews in a front-page story on fam-trip abusers revealed a con artist and supposed meeting planner named Harvey Siamon as one of the industry's most notorious offenders.
Harrah Hotel College Opens Singapore Campus
Singapore -- The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, today celebrated the grand opening of the university's first international campus, a...
United to Add Asia Flights, Drop N.Y.-London
Chicago -- United Airlines today announced plans to add 40 weekly flights to Asia and sell its New York-London route to Delta Air Lines.
Javits Center Expansion Gets Green Light
New York -- A plan to expand the Jacob Javits Convention Center overcame its final hurdle yesterday when the state's top elected officials unanimously approved public funding for the $1.7-billion...
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