Tag: N.Y.

Study reveals cities with highest, lowest travel taxes

Discriminatory 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, determined that discriminatory travel taxes and fees such as car rental, hotel and meal taxes impose an average increased cost on visitors of 56 percent on top of general sales tax.

“The business and travel communities are increasingly concerned about the [...] Read more

New York and Houston are prime for meetings

Of the 100 hotels scheduled to open in major American cities in 2010, 46 hotels will open in New York, N.Y., and 30 in Houston, Texas, according to Smith Travel Research. [...] Read more

Starwood Hotels moves headquarters

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to move its headquarters from White Plains, N.Y., to Stamford, Conn., in January 2012. [...] Read more

Buffalo benched as NCAA host

The 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament at HSBC Arena will be the last in Buffalo, N.Y., for several years. [...] Read more

Planner murdered at conference

Ben Novack Jr., president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based Convention Concepts Unlimited, was found dead in his hotel room at the Hilton Rye Town July 12. [...] Read more