Having had her ballot chosen at random from those submitted for the Insurance Conference Planner Premium Circle Awards, Lisa Stadler-Gander, meeting planner at Cologne Life Reinsurance, Stamford, CT, has won a trip to The Saddlebrook Resort in...
BIG BUCKS SPENT ON TRAINING,SAYS NEW SURVEY Companies are spending more than ever on training. U.S. organizations with 100 or more employees budgeted $58.6 billion for training in 1997, a five percent increase over the previous year, according to...
La Mansion del Rio, arguably the most historic property on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, prides itself on "stepping out of the chain mentality when hosting meetings and incentives," said GM Gerald Wolsborn. Coming off a very good 1997, in which...
UNITED AIRLINES ENTERS THE MEETING PLANNING BUSINESS A meeting management firm recently acquired by United Airlines plans to go after new clients among the Fortune 500. Randy Hannon, president of the Premier Group, Rolling Meadows, IL, said United...
* MDRT sets 1998 requirements. Membership in the 1998 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) will be based on a minimum of $53,000 in first-year commissions paid or credited to the writing agent's account and a minimum of 25 lives/cases sold. Also, an...
Ten years ago, when I walked into a hotel, I almost always encountered a cheerful, can-do attitude from everyone, be it the doorman or the general manager. Rude and apathetic staff members were a rare exception. The customer was always right...
BRAND NEW * In Cambridge, MA, the 210-room University Park Hotel at MIT topped out in September. The property, which plans to open next summer, offers the Executive Conference Center on its third floor, complete with a business center and 15,500...
PKF Consulting has released a mixed bag of projections for U.S. hotels next year, with room rates performing well across the nation but occupancy rates varying from market to market...
The trend in cruising is toward the more exotic, according to Joyce Landry, partner and cofounder of Landry & Kling, the pioneer team in corporate cruising. "The high end is making a comeback," she said, exhibiting under the firm's new...
Les Holloway Manager, Creative Services The Canada Life Assurance Company Atlanta, GA ...