Communicating Company Values a Top Concern Among As executives lead their companies into the new millennium, they're dealing with more than bottom-line issues, says a recent study conducted by The Conference Board, a New York-based business...
Located at the foot of the Colorado Rockies, the grand dame of mountain resorts is an enviable choice for meetings and conventions. The 3,000-acre resort/conference center features more than 110,00 square feet of flexible meeting space, nine...
The newest of the dot-com companies to enter the meetings arena did so with great fanfare recently at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. StarCite plans to distinguish itself in the meetings e-commerce arena with a site that becomes an...
1999 Premium Circle Award Winners Congratulations to the 30 properties chosen as Premium Circle Award winners in 1999, the eighth year of our awards program. Launched by ICP in 1992, the program recognizes outstanding meeting facilities preferred...
Forget planning meetings and start creating experiences. James Gilmore and Joseph Pine have the business world abuzz over their new book, The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage. (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)...
A checklist for your international attendees Now is the best time for attendees preparing for international meetings and incentives to apply for or renew their passports, visas, and overseas driver's licenses. Since fewer people apply for such...
With more than 20 years of experience as a corporate event manager, Ed Simeone, CMP, Meeting Professionals International's 1999-2000 chairman of the board, has a broad perspective on the meeting industry. He's also accustomed to change, having...
Perhaps the best way to begin a guide to cruising is to define the difference between a ship and a boat. Roughly speaking, if a vessel sails on fresh water (lakes and rivers), it's a boat; if it sails on salt water (oceans or seas), it's...