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The view from the ballroom chair, Part 3: The expo
Everyone knows the model is outdated but that fixing it is complicated. 
GBTA: Meetings lift business travel outlook
The Global Business Travel Association’s latest forecast indicates that an improving economic outlook should continue to boost business travel spending in 2013 — driven in part by stronger growth in group spending.
Meeting spending is now expected to increase 6 percent to $115.9 billion — up from the 5.2 percent growth that was forecast in the [...]
GBTA creates Russia chapter
The Global Business Travel Association, or GBTA, which considers itself the voice of the global business travel industry, has formed a Russia chapter.
This means the association is now active in all BRIC regions for the first time. BRIC is an acronym that refers to Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are considered to be at [...]
Case study: Installing temporary Internet for meetings and events
When our venue lost Internet days before our event, it required MacGyver-like action.
St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and its beaches: Florida’s historic coast
Want high seas-style excitement?
There’s something about the pirate life that has universal appeal. They communed with nature, roamed where they wanted, faced danger frequently and answered to their own code of outlaw honor. St. Augustine, which has a rich pirate past, has created several attractions and activities that planners can employ to educate and entertain [...]
Travel on, travel managers
Dear travel manager, have you thought about what the economic outlook for your small or medium-size business will be a year from now? Eighteen months?
Well, according to America Airlines’ second annual survey, 71 percent of SMB travel managers project an increase in their companies’ economic outlook by December 2013. And with more money, comes more travel. [...]
Cabarrus County: Say it with speed
Want to meet where the pedal hits the metal?
Cabarrus County is to NASCAR what Nashville is to country music. Fast is the operative word here. The county and its major cities, Concord and Kannapolis, comprise one of the fastest-growing destinations in the country. Which fits, since it’s known for its fast cars and as the home of Charlotte [...]
