Meetings & Conventions: Newsline
August 2003
Edited by Carla Benini
NEWSLINE
Breaking News
Center for Association Leadership announces event details...
Macworld producer moves show to Boston, top exhibitor bows out...
UAL to emerge from bankruptcy in 2004... Las Vegas resort acquired,
new owners include Planet Hollywood... National Geographic launches
a speakers bureau... Historic St. Louis hotel renamed following
sale... and much more
Beware of
Surprise Charges at Checkout
Hotels add fees for housekeeping, newspapers and other
incidentals
Hotel Forecast:
Some Sun
Properties in second- and third-tier cities paint brighter
picture
Trade Show
Threatens to Leave Utah
Outdoor retailers stand up against new eco-unfriendly land
laws
No-Smoking Law
Sends Group Packing
American Veterans move convention from Rochester, N.Y., to puff in
Kansas City, Mo.
Research:
Trips Turn Into Business
Familiarization tours are useful, say planners
On
Location: Toronto
City
Beat
Anchorage, Alaska
Boom in hotel rooms
Huntsville, Ala.
New hotel going up
INTERNATIONAL
FOCUS: GREECE
HOTEL
BEAT
Status reports on hotel developments...The Wentworth by the Sea, a
Marriott Hotel & Spa, reopens in restored 19th-century glory in
New Castle Island, N.H.
Back to
Current Issue indexM&C
Home PageCurrent
Issue |
Events Calendar |
Newsline |
Incentive
News |
Meetings Market ReportEditorial
Libraries |
CVB Links |
Reader Survey |
Hot Dates |
Contact M&C