Late this summer, before the stock market slowdown, Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock was trading as high as $84,000 a share. At press time, it was still around $68,000. When Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire in 1965, the share price was...
The Boca Raton Resort & Club, in Boca Raton, Fla., opened its new $40 million meeting and conference facility, the Mizner Center, in January. The 128,000-square-foot center features 34 meeting rooms and can host meetings for up to 1,800 people...
Feel like you're spending too much time in meetings that don't accomplish anything? You're not alone. According to a recent survey of 2,800 meeting executives and attendees, 25 to 50 percent of the time people spend in meetings is wasted...
Become Matadors for a Day Qualifiers will be transformed into matadors at Foamex Carpet Cushion, Inc.'s fall 1999 incentive program to Andalusia, Spain for their GFI division in Linwood, Penn. GFI will take the group to a working bull farm with a...
One of the cardinal laws of meeting planning is that there should be no surprises. A major step toward that goal for lighting, projection, and sound in your general session is to begin with clear and concise Requests for Proposal (RFPs). AV...
* www.iacconline.com The International Association of Conference Centers has enhanced its Web site. In addition to a searchable database of 300 IACC member centers worldwide, visitors can consult the "virtual concierge." This feature offers links...
The Certified Incentive Travel Executive (CITE) designation is the industry's highest honor, awarded to SITE members who have exhibited an outstanding knowledge in all aspects of the incentive travel industry. The process is lengthy, often taking...
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has negotiated the management of the new hotel/residential tower being built at the Wall Centre in Vancouver for its Sheraton brand. The 45-story tower is scheduled to open in the spring of 2000. The Wall...
BOB VITAGLIANO, CITE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SITE SINCE 1993, began his travel incentive career as a corporate buyer for SCM Corp. in New York City. He moved to the supplier side of incentive travel in 1981 at Dittman Incentive Marketing in...
After a one-year hiatus while National Life of Vermont went through an extreme cost-cutting initiative in an effort to stay independent and stay in Montpelier, Flatlanders Weekend, the industry's only "reverse fam," returned in September...