UP AND COMING * Detroit's casino gambling industry will be launched in temporary casinos in 1998, but by 2001, three major properties will be up and running, bringing with them 2,601 hotel rooms. The city has approved an 800-room MGM Grand, an 801...
Woody King has formed his own company, Destination Management & Marketing, Ltd., based in Columbus, OH. A 30-year veteran of the hospitality and convention industry, King had most recently served as vice president of the Greater Columbus...
Don Jaeger has been named president of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau. He had been director of marketing for the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau. Jaeger, who serves on the board of directors of the Religious...
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Corporate and association executives who are responsible for international meetings -- and designated members of their staffs, as well as suppliers representing destinations, accommodations, travel, or services...
The Insurance Conference Planners Association is an association of insurance industry meeting planners who exchange prov...
1998 Paragon Awards Corporate Meetings & Incentives announces the winners of its 1998 Paragon Awards. We have asked our readers to choose the hotels, resorts, and conference centers that did the best job of handling their meetings and...
Like other meeting industry organizations, the Insurance Conference Planners Association (ICPA) has approved a code of ethics for members. "We took the association's original mission statement and revised it," says ICPA President Dale Huff, vice...
Addressing an audience at Microsoft's Press Center in Redmond, WA, in November, as well as reporters linked in by phone and computer, Dan Weadock, president and CEO, ITT Sheraton, along with executives from 3Com, Asia Connect, Tandem, and...