Archive: May 2010

Many cities are sweetening deals for Gulf Coast travelers, offering incentives such as waived deposit fees and extended cancellation periods to fight cancellations due to the oil spill. [...] Read more

Online travel companies are arguing with hotels about who’s responsible for paying tax of markup fees. [...] Read more

Smartphones and other mobile technologies are replacing paper boarding passes and easy-to-lose room keys. Airports, airlines and hotels are catering more and more to the plugged-in traveler nationwide. [...] Read more

Visit Jacksonville, convention facility managers and hotels team up to make planning process easier in the city. [...] Read more

A $16 million renovation has turned a former Atlanta Macy’s into an event facility. [...] Read more

Sheraton Brooklyn is the first full-service hotel to open in Brooklyn more than a decade. [...] Read more

Hotel brand opens 37 new properties and has more on the way. [...] Read more

Upcoming savings in meetings, events and hotel rooms. [...] Read more

Two large conventions are still headed to Nashville this summer despite the closing of the Gaylord Opryland hotel due to the flood in early May. [...] Read more

MPI recently released the winners of this years RISE awards that will be honored at a banquet July 24 in Vancouver, British Columbia. [...] Read more