According to the 2004 P&L Forecast recently published by the Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting, hotels in the United States will see profitability increase an average of 5.6 percent this year after three years of decline...

If you're looking for a meeting icebreaker, check out this idea from Leapfrog Innovations. Have everyone write on an index card a question that would be fun to ask, such as, “If you were stuck in a vat of ice cream and had to eat your way out...

The question of how to hold an environmentally friendly meeting is one that more and more planners are grappling with. For answers, they can now turn to a report released in April from the Convention Industry Council...

DESPITE THE ONGOING popularity of cruises — the original all-inclusive travel experience — corporate planners have historically been slow to embrace their land-based brethren, the all-inclusive resort. That seems to be changing...

“There is a hostile environment from regulators and the courts for senior management now,” said Darcy, president of the Center for Integrity in Pound Ridge, N.Y. “The risks have never been greater.” Further, he noted, “the extent to which we don't...

THE GIANT SWAN and dolphin statues remain at their posts atop the hotels; inside, though, some of the playful beach décor and color schemes have been refined. Taking a more upscale approach for its business and meeting clientele, this pair of...

“Life-enhancing” is the kind of term a select group of financial services professionals use to describe a trip to Jamaica last December during which they donated and distributed more than 500 wheelchairs to needy recipients on that Caribbean...

Michael Karr has joined the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa as director of insurance industry sales and northeast sales. Previously, Karr was vice president sales and marketing for Hotel Group Marketing and prior to that he was with Hyatt...

The reduction in the number of life insurance companies operating in the U.S. over the last 10 years: 773 Percent of finance/banking/insurance companies that offer computer training: 18% Percent of finance/banking/insurance companies that offer...

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