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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched a new website dedicated to meeting and event planning.

Site will hold its 2012 Site International Conference in Beijing, China.

Seven of the nine APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting standards have been published by ASTM International.

After more than 12 years, Director of Exhibitions Julie Anderson is leaving her post at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events.

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At the next AIBTM, the International Congress and Convention Association will present an education track dedicated to international meetings.

Gonzalo Perez Constanzó has been unanimously elected the new president of the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers.

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It's official: There's a New York-based conspiracy to keep organization staff from working together to generate ideas. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an essay in the New York Times by Susan Cain casting doubt on fashionable bullpen-style collaborative... Mark Athitakis

After a comprehensive search, Meeting Professionals International has hired Cynthia D'Aoust as its new chief operating officer.

Royal Caribbean International has introduced a new, revamped version of its online portal for corporate meetings, incentives and charters at sea.

Here's a question to melt your brain: if your association had to decide which one product or service it was best at providing and from then on produce that one item alone and nothing else, what would it be? This... Joe Rominiecki

This year's IMEX America trade show is expected to fill two halls of the Sands Expo and Convention Center instead of one.

If the European debt crisis gets much worse, it could "wreak havoc" on U.S. business travel, according to new research from the Global Business Travel Association.

The theme for the 2012 National Labor Management Conference was a focus on customer service and training.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has launched HYATT house, a new extended-stay hotel concept that will replace its Summerfield Suites brand.

The former Elysian Hotel Chicago has been re-branded as the Waldorf Astoria Chicago.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has been selected to operate a new hotel in Cleveland's historic Schofield Building.

Smart City Networks has completed the installation of upgrades to the Wi-Fi network at Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center.