Airfares Reach Record Highs, AmEx Reports August 28, 2008 Thanks to rising fuel prices that have forced airlines to reduce capacity and tighten ticket restrictions, domestic and international airfares have climbed to new, record-setting heights, according to data released this week by American Express Business Travel.
Groups and Meetings Market Will Reach $175B, Report Says August 27, 2008 The groups and meetings market is ripe with opportunity for the travel industry, suggests a new report from Research and Markets, a Dublin, Ireland-based market research firm.
Personal Success: Taking the Spa Home By and large, a great massage is no longer sufficient, as spa experiences go. Now it's often about packages, including multiple treatments, unique extras, or goodies to take home.
Personal Success: The Organized Life Regardless of where it is that you work, creating an effective work environment helps to boost productivity and satisfaction. Here are a few products that will keep you more organized, both at your desk and when you travel for business.
MEETING PACKAGE: Hotel Le Bleu Debuts 'Meeting Green' Package Hotel Le Bleu, Brooklyn, N.Y.'s first luxury boutique hotel, has announced a partnership with the New York borough's first state-of-the-art green facility, the Center for the Urban Environment. Together, the two are offering a "Meeting Green" meeting and conference package.
MEETING PACKAGE: Jacksonville Hilton Offers All-Inclusive Small Meetings Deal The Hilton Garden Inn Jacksonville/Ponte Vedra in Ponte Vedra, Fla., has announced an all-inclusive, per-person small meetings package that it says will help meeting planners and attendees alike cope with rising inflation and the declining economy.
MEETING PACKAGE: Renaissance Pittsburgh Gives Attendees Free Gas The Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel has announced a "Great Group Gas Up!" promotion. Available to meeting attendees who drive to the hotel for meetings there, the promotion includes a $10 gas card for each night of their stay.
Are There Enough Planners In The Pipeline? "Where do you see yourself in five years?" It's the quintessential interview question, and in MeetingNews' most recent survey, we asked that question, and others, and found that most meeting planners--corporate, association, and independent--are in it for the long haul. Nearly all planners saw themselves in their jobs in a year's time; and 81 percent saw themselves remaining as planners in five years' time. And nearly half (49 percent) saw themselves in their planning role in 10 years' time.
Finding the Time for Time Off Is a Challenge for Planners Planners' jobs not only involve a great deal of business travel, they also entitle them to generous vacation benefits. In MeetingNews' recent survey of 310 meeting professionals, respondents reported an average of 23 annual vacation days, far greater than the national average of 14 days. But their heavy work travel schedules prevent them from taking a lot of vacation time, and they usually check in with the office while away on break.
Meeting planners say that no two days on their jobs are alike There might be no such thing as an "average day" in the life of a meeting planner, but the latest MeetingNews survey of 335 planners confirmed that the average planner is performing a wide range of tasks in any given day.
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For meeting planners across all industries, Successful Meetings educates and provides resources for all levels of corporate, association and independent meeting managers and buyers about how to create and execute all types of meetings.
MeetingNews - the pulse of the industry, informs and provides resources for all levels of managers and buyers responsible for meetings, conventions, trade shows and incentives about events shaping the industry.
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