I've recently been reading about the Burning Man Festival (www.burningman.com) held every year in the desert outside Reno. This week-long festival centers around the ritual incineration of a 52-foot-high wooden statue of a standing man, and it...
Individuals and organizations have plans well under way for celebrating the approaching millennium. Since you can be sure that most plans will involve alcohol, now seems like a good time to remind meeting planners about their organizations'...
Let's start by defining the difference between a ship and a boat. Roughly speaking, if it sails on fresh water (lakes and rivers), it's a boat; if it sails on salt water (oceans or seas), it's a ship...
What began as one office, one biplane, and one dream now flies more people from North America to Australia and the South Pacific than any other airline. Rather than sitting on its laurels, Qantas is raising its level of service to new heights...
Making Magic on Maui Incentive meeting promotion is critical when you're looking to entice independent brokers. But imagine trying to attract them to your first-ever incentive. With no track record, the promotional campaign has to work doubly hard...
*GOING, GOING, GONE Online Meeting Auction a First Online auctions--they're fast, easy, and fun. But can the concept work for meeting industry commodities? Event-Source.com says the answer is yes and proved it with the first-ever meetings auction...
Saddlebrook Resort & Spa in Tampa, Fla., recently introduced its new Wellness Center, to be directed by renowned psychoneuroimmunologist Dr. Nick Hall, a pioneer researcher on the relationship between emotions and health. For meeting groups...
Mohegan Sun Reinvents Itself Mohegan Sun, now a 276,000-square-foot gaming and entertainment complex in Uncasville, Conn., is spending $800 million to reinvent itself as a full-service meeting destination. Plans call for a 1,200-room luxury hotel...