Meeting and Event Planning News
Chicago Loses Plastics Trade Show to OrlandoCiting labor and travel costs, the Washington, D.C.-based Society of the Plastics Industry will hold its 2012 and 2015 trade shows in Orlando instead of Chicago, where it's been for nearly 40 years.
Starwood will be moving its headquarters from White Plains, N.Y., to Stamford, Conn., in January 2012.
Excellence in Motivation has launched a new travel resource for corporate meeting and incentive planners that offers vetted content alongside social media tools.
Without a solution to track and report on ancillary airline fees, many travel buyers are encountering problems in managing and measuring the total cost of trip.
Although the recession has caused travel and tourism to decline this year, the industry will continue to produce long-term growth over the coming decade, according to new projections from the World Travel & Tourism Council.
For the first time in a decade, holiday travel is projected to be down, according to a new poll from corporate travel company Maritz.
Marriott has launched a new independent hotel brand, known as The Autograph Collection, within its portfolio of upper upscale and luxury hotels.
From a group of more than 400 entrants, the American Hotel & Lodging Association has named the Hilton Americas-Houston in Houston, Texas, the winner of its Green Guidelines Challenge.
Despite the global economic downturn, meetings and events are continuing to create jobs, generate tax revenue and grow the Canadian economy, suggests a new study by the Meeting Professionals International Foundation.
Association meetings are alive and well, demonstrates a recent event organized by ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership, which raised nearly $150,000 for the association last month.
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