Travel and hotel industry leaders are lashing back at U.S. officials who have criticized meetings, business trips and conventions as little more than corporate junkets. The sector, which includes convention and visitors bureaus, airlines and national hotel chains, is taking offense to comments like the one President Obama made to an Indiana crowd in February, when he said, “You can’t get corporate jets, you can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.” Government criticism on meetings has hospitality leaders on the offensive. Travel and hotel organizations have mounted publicity and advocacy campaigns highlighting the… Read More