A MASSAGE AL FRESCO. At Destination Hotels & Resorts' Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, that's one option. Recently opened on a 9.5-acre former equestrian estate north of San Diego, the resort's 8,000-square-foot Spa at Estancia has private...
Go to icpanet.com today to register for the 2004 ICPA Annual Meeting, November 14 to 18, 2004, at The Grand Wailea, Maui. The design team has assembled a knockout educational and networking program. You'll find program details and updates online...
Had enough haggling over room rates? What if you could negotiate with a hotel chain once, settling not just contract terms and conditions but also setting a standard discount on food and beverage — even room rates — for all meetings booked at any...
FROM DINNER ON an aircraft carrier to a teambuilding sailboat race in San Diego Bay, the recent Hyatt Insurance & Financial Round Table was an effective example of using local resources to help create a successful event. The meeting, sponsored...
“Americans eat to live, Europeans live to eat.” Until recently, this snipe at our fast-food culture was fairly accurate. But today, growing ranks of ordinary Americans view food in a whole new light. Chefs are stars, organic is in, and diets don't...
Starwood is the latest hotel chain to get on the spa branding bandwagon. The Starwood Spa Collection consists of 30 elite spas around the globe, ranging from the Spa Gaucin at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, Calif., to the AltiraSpa at...
ICPA's own Jim Jones, president, James E. Jones & Associates, was one of six industry pioneers who were inducted into the Convention Industry Council's Hall of Leaders on July 26 in Denver. Jones, who was nominated by ICPA and is the first...
A stellar group of insurance and financial services executives gathered at the lovely Daufuskie Island Resort in Hilton Head, S.C., August 8 to 12, for the Lynette Owens & Associates Summer Advisory Board. As usual, the meeting mixed great...
THE CONVENTION INDUSTRY Council's APEX project continues to roll along, establishing best practices and industry benchmarks for meeting management. Two new preliminary reports are online and awaiting industry comment: one on requests for proposals...
OCEAN EDGE RESORT, Brewster, Mass. There's no place like Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with its miles of dune-studded beaches and historic seaside towns. Sprawled out on 429 acres that includes 700 feet of beachfront along Cape Cod Bay, a PGA...