Lanai is Hawaii's most secluded island. Once the home of Dole pineapple plantations, the island is 98 percent owned by Dole Foods, which has turned the island into a private park with two five-star resorts. It's a treat for groups that have been...
The Big Island is nearly twice as large as the others combined, and it is still growing. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano has spewed lava and has added more than 70 acres to the island's southeast shore. In fact, offshore, an underwater Mount Loihi...
Companies can't afford dull meetings anymore. Not according to James H. Gilmore, co-author with Joseph Pine of The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999). Gilmore challenges...
Just Think When it comes to brainstorming meetings, the more relaxed the better. Why not create an informal setting by placing stackable chairs outside the room, then letting attendees carry them in and determine the seating design...
Throw out your meeting facility guides and hotel brochures. Stop faxing or overnight-mailing your request for proposals. These inefficient paper-based means of finding and booking meeting facilities are rapidly giving way to Web products that are...
* CHANGING FACES Billie Lewis will serve as sales manager at the new Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio (Texas). Lewis comes to the hotel from the Omni, St. Antonio...
Our readers' 1999 incentive programs often included goals besides sales, from creating a memorable family experience to motivating nonsales employees...
Called the Magic Isle, Maui is ideal for meetings because the island's gods have arranged that residents and visitors alike shall have time for both work and play...
* TRENDS Set the Stage for Employees to Shine With the right environment, every employee can be a star, says a new book by James Pepitone and Anne Bruce, Motivating Employees (1999, McGraw-Hill). According to the authors, the key is for managers...