Telluride Celebrates New Conference Center Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard's sextet, backed by an orchestra from the Denver Musicians' Association, performed for an invitation-only audience of local movers and shakers and the media to mark the...
We asked event planner Steve Kemble to design a millennium party that would create a buzz well into the next century. Guaranteed, his is not your average lists of ideas. But December 31, 1999, is not your average New Year's Eve, either .....
Business-to-business conferences are all about one thing: results. As an organizer of these meetings, I guarantee that these four tips will help you to plan a productive meeting at which attendees--and your company--will develop significant new...
It'll be a while before you throw the specs for your major incentive meeting into the ether, choose a property, negotiate a contract, and make all your room reservations with nary a fax or phone call in the process. But the big hotel chains, which...
The Northwest is a region of awesome natural beauty, where snowcapped peaks and crystal lakes are but a stone's throw from urban centers, providing corporate groups with a plethora of post-meeting recreational opportunities. Seattle, Wash., and...
Trends in the travel industry indicate that traditional rest-and-relaxation vacations are being replaced by adventure vacations. Not surprisingly, these trends are reflected in the activities being offered at meetings and conventions. In addition...
Unum's Lance Wieland and Tim Aube as the Wright Brothers? Marilyn Brumbaugh as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz? Is that Tom Joyal, Lutheran Brotherhood, doing a perfect imitation of the wisecracking, cigar-toting W.C. Fields...
Mohegan Sun Unveils Grand Expansion Plan Where the heck is Uncasville, Connecticut? We'll get to that. First, consider the $800 million plans of Uncasville's Mohegan Sun, set to be transformed from a gaming complex into a "true destination," said...