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May 18, 2013
Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes that it takes to board a narrow body aircraft. 
May 18, 2013
Sometimes business growth happens naturally. Other times, you have to take a big risk to make it happen. But how do you know if your risk will pay off?
May 17, 2013
Tried-and-true negotiation tactics from author and negotiation expert Selena Rezvani.
May 17, 2013
Panama City is the America's most affordable capital city, but luxury standards often prevail in Latin Am's fastest growing economy.
May 17, 2013
The SM group is looking at building more convention centers in the next three to six years in "key strategic areas," an official said on Friday.
May 17, 2013
Airline passengers say they'd rather sit next to a crying baby than a smelly adult.
May 17, 2013
VIking Ocean Cruises will debut with two 928-passenger ships.
May 17, 2013
Boston regulators have approved construction of two hotels across from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, the first part of a $2 billion expansion proposed for the South Boston complex.
May 17, 2013
Hotels are involving employees in wake-up calls as a nostalgia-driven service for guests.
May 17, 2013
Poll: 9 in 10 American oppose TSA change in knife rule.
May 16, 2013
Few things irk Mike Davidson more than seeing a name badge printed in the typeface known as Times New Roman.
May 16, 2013
Just over two years in the making, the Scottish Events & Festivals Association (SEFA) formally launched this week, with 257 founder organisations pre-registered for membership.
May 16, 2013
The hospitality industry globally is looking at Africa with hungry eyes because much of the rest of the world's economy has gone to hell in a handbasket, writes Arthur Gillis.
May 16, 2013
With the grand opening of the Music City Center just days away, visitors are getting a better idea of what to expect when the doors open.
May 16, 2013
Planning my first-ever trip to Atlanta was making me dizzy, and not only because of the city's dazzling number of offerings. Hunched over a borrowed iPad, flicking among a too-large array of information-loaded travel apps, I soon realized that the kind of motion sickness that keeps me from ever going to an Imax movie apparently applied to large electronic tablets as well. 
May 16, 2013
Real-estate developers are breaking ground on downtown Salt Lake City's first new hotels since a Hyatt Place was built in 2009.
May 16, 2013
When Kenneth Kirchoff notices that an airline passenger has failed to power off his gadget as instructed, he'll politely point out the oversight. He might use a nonconfrontational line such as this: "Excuse me, did you realize that you didn't turn off your device?" What he doesn't mention during this brief interaction is who he is, what he knows and why you should listen to him.
May 16, 2013
State labor officials reported an 8.2% April jobless rate. That's down 0.2% of a point from March and a full point from April of last year. The hospitality industry led the job growth in Georgia with a monthly gain of 10,000 jobs.
May 16, 2013
For the fourth year in a row Advertising Age has ranked GES as one of the "World's 50 Largest Agency Companies" and among the "Largest U.S. Experiential/Event Marketing Agencies."
May 16, 2013
If you're traveling light, you can board earlier on American Airlines. The airline said Thursday that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat- no rolling suitcases - will be allowed to board before most other
May 16, 2013
The company that supplies Global Entry, the government-run trusted traveler program, has begun production of a more user-friendly machine.
May 16, 2013
It’s not even summertime, but you may get hot and bothered by a slew of new airline fees. Frontier Airlines announced that it will start charging customers from $25 to $100 for certain carry-on bags if the customer fails to book the flight on its Web site, reports The Washington Post’s Christopher Elliott. 
May 16, 2013
The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is set to deliver a series of seminars at AIBTM, which are dedicated to supporting the corporate meeting planners of the future.
May 16, 2013
One of the most clever repurposings of Google Maps Street View yet--and certainly the most addicting. If I asked you how well you knew other parts of the world, you might think I was trying to see how much you knew about geography. And maybe, thanks to those few months where you binged on Sporcle, you could label a blank map of the Balkan peninsula or name the capitals of all the countries in Central America without too much trouble. That would be impressive. But it wouldn't necessarily help you in a round of GeoGuessr. That's because the game doesn't ...
May 16, 2013
Even as overall baggage fees have increased, some of the nation's biggest airlines aren't collecting as much as they did a couple of years ago. Perhaps even more surprisingly, there's been a sharp rise in travelers who aren't bothered by the idea of paying extra for checked luggage.
May 16, 2013
I worked at Franklin Quest for four years right before they merged with Stephen R. Covey's organization and became FranklinCovey. For a while we were not only the biggest Time Management Company, but the largest training company in the world. We would put on 300 or more seminars a month. Hyrum
May 16, 2013
The most powerful workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others, according to research by Harvard Business School professor Ian Larkin. He describes his findings in this article, which first appeared on the HBS Working Knowledge website.
May 16, 2013
I?ve been working recently with clients on more and more 20-minute speeches. As I indicated in an earlier blog post, it?s the era of shorter speeches. Fidel Castro holds forth no more, and Hugo Chavez is gone altogether, so multi-hour practitioners are on the wane, but the rest of us are expected to bring it in under an hour more and more frequently.
May 16, 2013
Whether you are a CEO or entry-level employee, getting along with others is paramount to success and your career is no exception to this rule. While tenacity, hard work, intelligence and making the right decisions are all significant factors in the equation to achievement, interpersonal relationships can either make an individual's career manageable and more lucrative or set up unnecessary barriers to getting what you desire.
May 15, 2013
Pascal Duchauffour, area vice president of the Ritz-Carlton Europe, Middle East and Africa, is a reputable name in the hospitality industry. Duchauffour discussed the Ritz-Carlton's expansion plans in the Gulf as well as the brand's growth around the world in an exclusive interview with Arab News.
May 15, 2013
Miami Beach commissioners got their first look at the public costs associated with revamping the city's convention center district.
May 15, 2013
American Airlines is in the final stages of petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to fly between Chicago's O'Hare Airport and Sao Paulo, Brazil. If the carrier is successful, the new route would be the only South American nonstop route
May 15, 2013
EVENTS CENTER HOTEL: The Des Moines Redevelopment Company on April 1 issued a request for convention hotel developers to submit their qualifications for developing a 450-room, four-star convention hotel adjacent to the downtown entertainment and convention venue.
May 15, 2013
The government says that fewer flights arrived on time and more were canceled in March than a year ago, but fewer passengers lodged formal complaints against the airlines.
May 15, 2013
Southwest Airlines Co. is delaying delivery of new airplanes and filling the gap with used planes to reduce spending over the next five years.
May 15, 2013
INXPO, a company that features an innovative online communications platform for webcasting, virtual trade shows and other online events, has just added a new product feature to its lineup.
May 15, 2013
Suzanne Hinde, general manager of the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel, has received the prestigious 2012 General Manager of the Year Award – Full Service Division from Interstate Hotels & Resorts.
May 15, 2013
The state's official tourism agency, VISIT FLORIDA, announced Wednesday that preliminary estimates show 26 million visitors came to Florida in the first quarter of 2013 (January - March). "More people visited Florida this past quarter than ever before."
May 15, 2013
The 35-year-old Baguio Convention Center (BCC), plagued by leaking roofs, smelly carpets and comfort rooms, falling seats and problematic water supply, will soon get its much deserved rehabilitation.
May 15, 2013
UpstartSpirit Airlines ( SAVE ) has thrived by offering rock-bottom fares on a limited number of routes in the U.S. and Latin America. So how is it that in an industry known for suicidal price wars, Spirit's low fares generally produce little fare-cutting response?