Lead Stories

International Hoteliers Continue To Reel From the 9/11 Tragedy Hoteliers around the world continue to reel from the post-September 11 slump in room bookings, those in the Middle East and Africa have not been spared, with revenue in US dollars declining in all but one market tracked by the Andersen Hotel Industry... More

Turn Cancellation Credits into Cash A light bulb lit up over Jay Fortgang’s head last spring when he read an article in the San Jose Mercury News about someone who was helping bankrupt dot-coms liquidate their hardware. Since hotels typically issue credits for cash deposits on canceled... More

Patriotic Planners Bring Meetings to New York At the recent Motivation Show in Chicago, attendees lined up to take their picture with New York’s Mayor Rudy Guiliani. Well, it was actually Madame Tussaud’s wax version of Rudy, shipped out from New York for the event, but he was a star nonetheless.... More

Hotels: The Current Situation and Future Probabilities Mark Lomanno, president of Smith Travel Research, noted at the recent Industry in Crisis: Alternative Strategy Conference sponsored by HSMAI and the New York University Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Travel Administration that there were certain... More

CVBs Report on Meetings Progress: Niche by Niche Cities across the United States are scrambling to find ways to recoup their losses from the slowing economy and the September 11 events and to reinvigorate their hospitality communities. One of the most important things to do short-term, they say, is... More

New York Rising New York Rising, a new campaign created to bring business to New York following the September 11 tragedy, has formed a group known as the New York City Meeting and Event Industry Coalition. Its focus: To bring professional and meeting groups to New York... More

Where Will Meetings Go From Here? How can anyone predict the impact the war on terrorism will have on meetings, conventions, and business travel? "It’s like trying to gaze into a crystal ball while it’s rolling," was how Laurie Armstrong, spokesperson for the San Francisco Convention... More