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Storms Costing Airlines Big Bucks
The U.S. airline industry could suffer over $600 million in losses due to flight cancellations resulting from this winter's severe storms, according to a report in Businessweek.
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Landry's Buys Trump Casino Hotel
Landry's Restaurants, which owns the Golden Nugget hotels in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nev., purchased the Trump Marina Casino Hotel in Atlantic City and plans to rebrand it as a Golden Nugget.
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NBTA Changes Name to GBTA
With the intent of reflecting the increasing globalization of business travel, the National Business Travel Association changed its name to the Global Business Travel Association.
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U.S. Hotel Development in Deep Decline
New U.S. hotel development reached an historic low in the fourth quarter of 2010 and will remain sluggish for the next three years, according to a report from Lodging Econometrics, a company that tracks hotel development trends.
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Northern Ohio
Ohio for Miles
By TONY BARTLETT
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Northern Ohio stretches along Lake Erie from Cleveland, hub of the northeast with its growing medical, biotech and export industries, to Toledo in the west. Conveniently located in between are the outdoor playgrounds of the Lake Erie Shores and Islands. The region is abuzz with change. It will be
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welcoming two of four Ohio casinos, while two high-profile attractions, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, have both announced expansion plans, and theme parks and attractions have also been growing.
Greater Cleveland
If Cleveland's nickname in earlier decades of the "Comeback Kid" as it climbed out from its industrial past was relevant then, it is even more so today.
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Exclusive content in the digital version of February's Meetings Focus East includes the Hot Topic feature "Standing Up for Meetings," which taps into those who are acting as advocates to make sure the meetings industry gets the respect it deserves. |
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News Trends
Ferguson Takes Helm of Philly CVB
By TYLER DAVIDSON
You may not call it fate, but one could at least say Jack Ferguson is one lucky fellow to take the helm of the Philadelphia CVB just when the city is gearing up to unveil a massive expansion—62 percent, to be exact—of the Pennsylvania Convention Center that will change the face of its meetings offering.
Ferguson assumed the role of president & CEO Jan. 1, taking over for industry heavyweight Tom Muldoon, who led the CVB since 1985.
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Meetings Make a Comeback
By ISSAH JOUANEH
The business travel industry is on its way to full recovery, and while we are not quite at pre-recession levels yet, there are some strong signals that reaching that point is not far off.
Falling in line with this trend is an increase in meetings. In 2010, companies in the Americas spent more on client-facing meetings and events as they were looking to create connections, primarily to support business growth.
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