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Continental debuts new plane, plus other airline news
Tuesday, Aug 31Continental Airlines showed off its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane last month at the National Business Travel Association show in Houston. Among its enhancements are larger overhead storage bins, big windows, air-purification technology and fuel ..read more
Bedbug infestations on the rise
Tuesday, Aug 31Cities in at least five states have had to call on the Department of Defense for funding to help with extermination of bed bugs in recent weeks as the increase of infestations has spread from ..read more
Connect Nabs Top Azbee Award
Friday, Aug 27The meetings magazine won the national Gold Award for New Publication in the 2010 Azbee Awards of Excellence competition. ..read more
Delta adds ticket sales to Facebook page
Friday, Aug 20Passengers can book one-way and round-trip flights on Facebook through the company’s new Delta Ticket ..read more
Marketplace comes to a close. Now what?
Wednesday, Aug 18By Libby Hoppe
I just returned from Connect Marketplace and I’m asking myself the same question as a lot of other attendees: Now what? As a first-time attendee, here’s what I learned while I was at the event ..read more
Connect Marketplace creates its own Discovery “Boom De Ah Dah” video
Wednesday, Aug 18By Libby Hoppe
The Discovery Channel created a promotional piece for its television network using the tune of the campfire song “I Love the Mountains.” The one-minute video shows stars of its shows like “Deadliest Catch” and “Dirty ..read more
Study reveals cities with highest, lowest travel taxes
Wednesday, Aug 18Discriminatory travel taxes and fees on travel-related services can add up quickly for travelers. A recent study by National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and Concur, the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, ..read more
Immigration law costs Arizona hotels $15 million
Wednesday, Aug 18Travel boycotts, bill controversy and concern about future meeting attendance is causing meeting cancellations in Arizona and a lack of future business. That’s according to the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association, which estimates that the state’s ..read more
Hotels open, complete renovations
Wednesday, Aug 18The former Radisson Stapleton has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation and reopened as the 300-room Holiday Inn Denver East-Stapleton hotel. The hotel, which is located just a mile from the Denver International Airport and less than ..read more
Chicago receives grant to ease transit
Wednesday, Aug 18Two new bus projects aimed at expediting travel throughout downtown Chicago will soon be underway thanks to federal grants totaling about $35 million. The projects will aid meeting attendees traveling to and from Navy Pier ..read more
