ARE YOU a meeting planner who's been longing for a fresh East Coast destination with world-class everything: oceanfront hotel, golf, spa, beach, water activities, meeting facilities, dining, and sightseeing? Then you should check out The Sanctuary...
ON FLORIDA'S EMERALD Coast, the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort has undergone massive upgrades and changes since its acquisition in 1998 by Vancouver, B.C.-based Intrawest Corp. A new 18-hole course, The Raven, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr....
There's a whole world of products out there to wow your golf junkies. From clubs and balls to bags and shoes, the newest products can be found at the annual PGA Merchandise Show. At this year's event in Orlando, Fla., in late January, Nina Renaud...
REGIONAL INCENTIVE programs aren't the norm for most insurance and financial services companies, but mergers and consolidations — and tight meeting budgets — have caused companies such as Allmerica Financial Corp., headquartered in Worcester, Mass...
The insurance and financial services industry prides itself on having a strong tradition of engaging in charitable causes. And industry professionals are also inclined to enjoy the game of golf. Put those two impulses together and you have a...
THE FAIRWAYS AND GREENS OF LAS VEGAS — not just the Strip — were where the action was during the 5th Annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Golf Tournament, held April 21 to 24...
It used to be a given that insurance producers preferred golf over every other recreational activity offered at incentive programs. Not anymore. Perhaps the most surprising news from ICP's incentive trip survey, conducted last fall, was that for...
THIS ISSUE IS all about golf and as you may or may not know, I don't like golf. One major reason is: I stink at it. That aside, I also don't like golf because I don't think it is a sport. Golf has none of the normal accouterment associated with...
IT'S NOT EASY to get nearly 40 high-level planners from insurance and financial services companies across the country to take the time from their overpacked schedules to attend an optional meeting. You've got to deliver value — and that's exactly...
Create a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Design an event that attendees couldn't duplicate on their own...