Consumer demand for greener hotels has been on the rise over the last few years -- and as a result, many hotels now use green practices as marketing messages, not always truthfully. When it comes d...

A comfy bed and a power shower would probably keep most hotel guests happy but what if you have to pay for everything else that comes with your stay? The man behind low-cost long haul airline AirAs...

American Express OPEN announced the expansion of its OPEN Savings program through a new partnership with AirTran Airways, a leading low-cost airline designed for business travelers. OPEN S...

Bournemouth University (BU) is now accepting applications from candidates for the first of 11 tourism-related PhD studentships available through the newly-created John Kent Institute in To...

FastBooking and Circos are joining forces in a strategic partnership that adds cutting-edge brand analytics and social media management tools to the FastBooking portfolio of online business solutio...

Australia’s first Green Globe Silver Certified Convention Centre, the Adelaide Convention Centre, is making a commitment to environmental sustainability.

UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has just released the 2008 Euro Fairs Statistics Report. UFI is now responsible for assembling this annual report on Euro Fair Stati...

"Renewed focus on the meetings sector especially by Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is ramping up interest among meetings bookers for an end-to-end system to manage their venue search, enquiry...

Key performance indicators for Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specializing in business travel management, testify to the unusual challenges the travel industry and most oth...

Through the pilot, currently being tested at the Aloft hotel in Lexington, MA, select Starwood Preferred Guest® members who opt to participate in the program, which runs on radio frequency...

“The suggestion for this new approach to ‘101’ education came from Affordable Meetings’ Planner and Exhibitor Advisory Boards,” says Fran Brasseux, HSMAI executive...

Senior executives in the US and Europe appear to be emerging from recession mode and priming themselves for a return to growth, according to results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2010...

The quality of content, interaction, technology and networking were seen to be the main quartet of factors behind an effective and exciting event, according to the initial research from the...

All the focus at the moment is on how technology will effect and change the meetings industry over the next 10 years. With its powerful real-time collaboration capabilities, could Google Wave be...

FaceTime, the newly launched marketing body for the UK’s multi-billion pound live events industry, has recently announced the findings of the industry’s first-ever psychological...

Grass Roots’ managing director, venue procurement picks up on the key trends of 2009 and considers how they will affect 2010.