Searching for a memorable event for a Paris incentive program? Take your producers to lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, touted by the likes of Travel & Leisure magazine as “the best hotel in France.” Le Cinq restaurant is drop-dead...
Sonesta International Hotels Corp. has appointed David C. Fine regional director of marketing at Sonesta Beach Resort in Key Biscayne, Fla. He will oversee all sales and marketing efforts at Sonesta Key Biscayne as well as Sonesta Hotel &...
As life, and travel, have become increasingly stressful, we need to step back and nourish ourselves to get motivated for the next round. No one needs this more than the incentive winners who have worked 24/7 to achieve their goals...
Online meeting and attendee management provider Event411 is out of business. The Marina del Rey, Calif.-based company, which had earned the high-profile job of providing online registration for the Democratic National Convention in 2000, as well...
New York Life’s new meeting planning efficiency depends on its database—a tool that can be manipulated to complete just about every planning task there is. The company’s Isis Gold database performs functions in two main areas, explains Kim Quimby...
Members of Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance Advisory board — top-level insurance and financial services executives — spent 10 days in July experiencing some of Hawaii's choicest resorts and trying out the huge variety of activities...
Don't blame the attendees. They're just getting the best rate they can. Don't blame the hotels. They're just managing their inventory. Don't blame the meeting planners. They were promised great rates. You can blame the Internet if you want, but it...
Registration Reseller The Professional Meeting Planners Network (PMPN), which specializes in small medical meetings, has spun off a new company to resell online registration services and try to make Web registration and housing more practical for...
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service last spring came out with final rules on the tax treatment of corporate sponsorship payments received by tax-exempt organizations, which includes, of course, sponsorship money received by...
An imaginative mixture of education, networking, and play, the Fifth Annual Global Events Partners Retreat in June brought together 250 in-house and third-party planners and representatives from GEP member destination management companies. GEP is...