The hotel industry in the United States appears to be rebounding this summer, mainly because of strengthening business travel…

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The heads of the U.S. Travel Association and National Business Travel Association reacted angrily yesterday to a White House announcement that President Barack Obama has directed government agencies to sharply reduce business travel…

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In a recent meeting of the LA Board of Airport Commissioners, several members showed their hesitancy to support pushing traffic to other airports considering that LAX has been shedding traffic for years…

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The most promising data show that respondents appear to be more optimistic about the current economic climate than they were in either the summer or fall of 2009. However, this widely-felt optimism may not translate into larger budgets for incentive programs – at least not yet…

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Mark Lorimer, MPIOC chapter president (left), John Ehlenfeldt, CMP, Site SoCal VP of Finance (right)

Site SoCal was recognized by MPI Orange County chapter with the Industry Community Service Award for the charitable contributions the Site chapter has given to grass roots, local charities over the past several years. The award, given out at the May monthly program for MPIOC, was accepted by myself and received a rousing applause from those in attendance.

USA Today newspaper features a positive article on Incentive Travel's up swing.

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Our 2008 Holiday Event at Hyatt Grand Champions led our chapter to winning the Chapter Excellence Award for the Special Event category at the 2009 Site International Conference in Aruba.