NEWS AND NOTES FOR THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS INDUSTRY

Castling Hofburg Palace is one of Vienna’s royal venues (p. 30).

Devastation Superstorm Sandy’s damage to the New Jersey coast, documented during a search and rescue operation by the New Jersey Army National Guard.

Meetings and Travel Industry Weathers the Superstorm

60 people in New York and New Jersey, causing more than $20 billion in damage, and leaving millions of homes without power. For the U.S. meetings and travel industry specifically, no hurricane in the past seven years has resulted in more canceled flights than Sandy, according to Flightstats.com, which publishes global flight information for travelers and businesses. Bob Mann, an airline industry analyst with R.W. Mann Inc., estimated in

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hen Superstorm Sandy touched down in the northeast United States two days before Halloween, the Category 1 hurricane brought several major cities to a grinding halt, killing more than

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management plan? Read a CMP Series article from Convene about how meeting professionals prepare for severe weather, at convn.org/ mind-nature.

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