Roger Dow, vice president and general sales manager, Marriott Lodging, will deliver a keynote address on energizing employees, customers, and profits at this year's New England Meetings Industry Conference & Exposition (NEMICE), April 23 at...
What were you doing on Super Bowl Sunday? Some 2,100 members of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) were in a ballroom at the Orlando World Center Marriott listening to Gladys Knight deliver an inspiring keynote address (in words and song)...
* Pat Seifried, a travel agency owner in St. Petersburg, Fla., recently launched OnBoard Conferences, a new company offering comprehensive itinerary planning for cruise meetings and incentives. Call (800) 380-2600...
The fare structures of U.S. airlines are taking on such labyrinthine complexity, and changing so often, that some meeting planners are questioning the value of the carriers' traditional meeting discount programs--programs that, compared to the...
"We're rethinking the structure of the sales force to make a big step into the corporate meetings market," says Fran Reiter, newly named president of the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau (NYCVB). Reiter, who assumed the post in January...
Planning small meetings is a challenge. When I'm trying to place a small meeting (under 50 people), some hotels quickly qualify the business with a flat "no space" and some hotels will only take the business if it's 30- to 60- days out. If your...
Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a beautiful lagoon, and an Arnold Palmer signature golf course, the new Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad, Calif., was the site of the fifth annual Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance Advisory Board Winter Meeting...
Consider the audience: average age 30 to 35, mostly young singles and recently married couples, outgoing sales personalities who like to party and have a good time. With these demographics, fun, off-beat Key West, Fla., was the perfect site for...
Despite the six years that have passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was implemented, some people still don't understand why they should integrate disabilities concerns into their corporate meeting and entertainment programs. The...