THIRD AUCTION SITE LAUNCHED A pril saw the launch of a third Internet site giving meeting planners a way to put their events up for bid: MpBid.com (www.mpbid.com) has joined EventSource.com and StarCite.com in offering an auction service...

You've heard it a million times: 80 percent of your business comes from 20 percent of your customers. Planners can say it another way: 20 percent of hoteliers you deal with are really good at what they do. Is that about right? I believe the same...

Between April 1999 and April 2001, sales training will take a gigantic leap from the classroom to the computer screen. So say executives from 102 companies nationwide in a recent survey by the Forum Corp., a Boston-based consultancy. Respondents...

Laughter may not have helped you ward off the flu this winter, but it may be the best medicine for curing the boring meeting blues. And it could even have longer-term effects on your corporate culture...

Based on requests from clients, Resort Meetings Consortium recently expanded its scope to include downtown, suburban, and airport hotels in its meeting site selection...

Hotel veteran Thomas Bewley has been named divisional vice president of sales for Wyndham International resorts, based at the Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa in Orlando. Bewley joins Wyndham after 17 years with ITT Sheraton, most recently as...

Classrooms Still Play Critical Role PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL'S ONLINE TRAINING BOOM When Dick Hannasch joined Principal Financial Group in 1987, the company had five computer-based training courses. Fast forward to the present: that number has grown to...

"Immerse yourself in the powerful legacy of a culture that dared and succeeded." With Cancun as the site for its 2000 Conference of Champions, SAFECO used Mayan history to inspire its kickoff brochure. Playing off the intellectual and artistic...

Continuing a theme--balance--that he introduced at the Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Philadelphia last summer, MPI Chairman Ed Simeone, CMP, brought his wife, Joy, and children, Amanda and Christopher, on stage...

Quick history: Insurance planners who have been around a while will remember the Marriott Insurance Planners Seminar, held annually for 14 years, through 1993. Those who haven't been around as long might remember being invited to Marriott's...