Largest, longest, tallest, widest. That's how the new $780 million, 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2 is being touted. Christened by Queen Elizabeth II on January 8 at a ceremony in Southampton, England, the ship began her 14-day maiden voyage from...
You don't have to wait until you're in the plane to find out how good — or horrible — your seat is. Check out Seatguru.com. The site gives you comprehensive info on the seats on all the major airlines. You begin by selecting your airline and then...
Forecast: 3 percent. That's the growth in spending that meeting planners, on average, are anticipating for the year ahead. That's according to Meeting Professionals International's FutureWatch 2004, an annual survey of MPI members — meeting...
In Taos, N.M., Dharma Resorts opened the upscale El Monte Sagrado last summer, with 38 individually decorated units. There are 18 in American Indian style; others feature Tibetan, Balinese, Japanese, and Moroccan décor. Ideal for executive...
Event accountability: That's what attendee audits are all about, and the tech events industry appears to be gaining momentum on improving accountability with the fall 2003 launch of the IT Event Measurement and Audit Council, led by San Francisco...
The last couple of years have been tough for most businesses — and for their employees. Forty percent of employees consider their job either “very” or “extremely” stressful, and 25 percent cite it as the No. 1 stressor in their lives today...
MPBid is poised for growth in 2004. The 10-employee site-selection service, which is centered on an online tool that facilitates requests for proposals and allows hotels to bid on meetings online, plans to begin building a base of sales reps for...