In June, the meetings industry's first Web radio broadcast debuted. Doug Fox, producer of the "EventWeb Radio" program and the companion EventWeb Newsletter, prerecords the half-hour program, which includes news, reviews, and commentary on how to...
The desirability of an island that's part of the United States and yet uniquely Caribbean draws many meeting groups to Puerto Rico. In April 1996, Rosemary Bakken, conference coordinator for Mutual Trust Life Insurance in Oak Brook, IL, hosted a...
A building frenzy over the past two years has enabled Toronto to offer planners four full-fledged convention centers--two are downtown and two are convenient to Pearson International Airport...
A colorful lion dance led off the opening ceremonies of the Annual Convention and Asia-Pacific Trade Mission of the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (IACVB) in Hong Kong, only the third time the 84-year-old IACVB has met...
It's not unusual for golfers to share the 18-hole championship course at the Elephant Hills Inter-Continental with a group of warthogs. The warthogs are part of what makes Zimbabwe special, while Elephant Hills, with its Gary Player designed golf...
Many Caribbean countries have a tax agreement with the U.S., which permits companies and organizations to deduct the cost of their meetings equivalent to what they might claim if the meeting were held in the United States. Conventions and meetings...
Chicago winters can be harsh--the average temperature in January is 21 degrees, and the wind can make it feel even colder. Spring and fall are mild and mostly dry, and the winds of Lake Michigan become gentle breezes. Summers are usually hot with...
Few people believed self-serve gas stations would succeed. Who would pump his own gas? "In the beginning, the clerks sold more Cokes than gas," says Dave Hill, CLU, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Americo Life in Kansas City...
In several Caribbean countries, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service permits companies to deduct the cost of their business meetings the same way they would for a meeting held in the U.S. Meetings held in Bermuda, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Dominica...