TWO DYNAMIC WOMEN set the stage — and tone — for the high-energy Meeting Professionals International's World Education Congress July 10-12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center: Christine Duffy, president and CEO of Maritz Travel Co. and chairwoman...
THE HEADLINE ABOVE is taken from the words of Lord Kelvin, 19th-century mathematical physicist. Another of his quotable phrases: “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” Indeed, meeting executives are wise to take his thinking to heart...
Continuing its financial and insurance industry crackdowns, the regulatory body NASD announced July 6 that has fined Hornor, Townsend & Kent Inc. of Horsham, Pa. $325,000 for conducting six illegal sales contests over a two-year period...
THE PUSH BY PROCUREMENT to oversee the sourcing of travel and meetings is still in its infancy at most U.S. companies. But at Organon, a pharmaceutical company based in Oss, The Netherlands, the two have been working together successfully for more...
The Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic is returning to the state where it was first staged in 1969. The planning of this year's tournament — July 31 to August 4 at the Kampen Course of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex on the campus of Purdue...
When various state insurance commissions and attorneys general began investigating insurance company practices in the wake of Eliot Spitzer's high-profile New York investigations, one remedy put forward was the possibility of federal regulation...
Looking for a new, free way to thank an employee for a job well done — without leaving your computer? Cartoon Motivators (www.cartoonmotivators.com) lets you send humorous e-cards, with a variety of messages such as “Thanks for Going the Extra...
IN THE SECURITY-CONSCIOUS 21st-century world, airline passengers in Orlando, Fla., will have the opportunity to avoid the long lines that plague security checkpoints in airports across the country...
The insurance industry loves golf,” says Jerry Ganoni, president of Humana Small Business and Humana Dental in Green Bay, Wis. Ganoni first swung a club at the age of 8 but nevertheless claims he's “not any good.” That kind of modesty is part of...