Mohegan Sun Unveils Grand Expansion Plan Where the heck is Uncasville, Connecticut? We'll get to that. First, consider the $800 million plans of Uncasville's Mohegan Sun, set to be transformed from a gaming complex into a "true destination," said...
When Jean O'Donnell petitioned members of the Professional Convention Management Association to add her name to the slate for the chairman-elect position last September, it wasn't the first time she had challenged the status quo at PCMA. She had...
It'll be a while before you throw the specs for your major meeting into the ether, choose a property, negotiate a contract, and make all your hotel room reservations with nary a fax or phone call in the process. But the big hotel chains, which...
* TRENDS Cash Is No Longer King, Says New Survey ...
Too many of us have suffered the frustration of not having enough information in our meeting program guides, or not being able to find what we need to know quickly enough. That's why the editors decided to launch our Top Guide contest, now in its...
I'll begin my look ahead with a glance to the past. The mid-1980s arrival of the fax machine may have been the technological change of the decade in the average office. The 1990s were a period of constant technological change, as it became...
An Interview with Gerald Celente Always ahead of the curve, Gerald Celente has gained acclaim as a forecaster of societal, political, and economic trends, such as the fall of Soviet communism and the 1987 stock market crash. Celente is a sought...
Iwas very disappointed with the "Last Word" by Maria Brennan (see "When Will a Woman Earn What She's Worth?" on page 144 of the August issue). Equal opportunity does not mean equal outcomes. Surveys that show men earning 33 percent more than women...