Four world-class resorts, a golf club, and the city of Indian Wells, Calif., have joined forces to offer a campus-style environment for large meetings. The group includes Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Indian Wells Resort Hotel, Miramonte Resort...
When laptops first appeared, computer manufacturers called them "freedom machines" and ran ads showing smiling users at the beach...
They say that love is blind (whoever "they" are), and they aren't that far off. When smitten, we tend to, if not forget about most everything else, at least relegate it to a lower rung on the "importance in life" scale. In the past few years most...
Pamela A. Troop, director of meetings operations for the American Society of Association Executives, is working with a clean slate, so to speak. She began with ASAE in September 2000, right after ASAE's annual meeting in Orlando. And all four...
A Full Plate at CIC Forum The Convention Industry Council chose to tackle technology and human resources as the meeting industry's top issues at its second Industry Forum. The first, held two year's ago in New York City, attracted a higher number...
If you've been following the technology news lately you're probably familiar with Napster and the uproar it has created in the music industry. But what is sometimes overlooked is the mini-revolution in computing that the Napster model represents...
Photography plays a key role in capturing the memories your attendees will have of all the fun and fellowship at your event. It also keeps the event alive well after the decorations come down and the choir goes home...
The world as we know it is changing. There is no such thing as business as usual. While most of our days may still be taken up with doing business on the telephone and managing projects on paper, the percentage of time event planning professionals...
Who says satellite broadcasting is a budget-buster? The VFW's satellite meeting cost half as much as its road show - and drew triple the attendance...
* People in the News Jeffrey W. Poole has been appointed national sales director at Rosen Hotels & Resorts. He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will be responsible for both association and corporate accounts in the Washington, D.C....