The Convention Liaison Council (CLC) will create a Hall of Leaders Wall at Chicago's McCormick Place, announced Craig Smith, CLC chair and the president of AVW Audio Visual, Inc. The Chicago Hall of Leaders will be located in the Grand Concourse...
As the 20th century comes to a close, the meeting industry--like other industries--is being affected by three major trends: globalization, automation, and consolidation. In opening the McGettigan Partners Exchange conference in Philadelphia last...
Dan Sullivan, coach to the financial services industry and president of Strategic Coaches, Inc., sees the producer group--a large, independent sales and marketing organization that is committed to several companies--as the new distribution model...
For the sixth year in a row, readers of Insurance Conference Planner have selected their favorite hotels and resorts. And for the sixth year in a row, the 40 top vote-getters are honored with our Premium Circle Award, acknowledging their...
Indira Sukirno has been promoted to executive director for the Jakarta (Indonesia) Convention Bureau. She had been deputy to the former consulting executive director...
In a shopping mall in Nashville, you can walk into the PrinSource Financial Center and spend ten minutes--or two hours--getting answers to all your insurance questions without ever having to talk to a salesperson...
Marriott Beach Resorts--Frenchman's Reef and MorningStar--on St. Thomas is being transformed by a $45 million restoration. Only the beautiful setting, which overlooks the harbor of Charlotte Amalie, will remain unchanged once the resort's West...
Say you're surfing the Web one day, thinking about life insurance. You don't know how much you need or what kind you should buy. Your search brings you to InsureMarket by Quicken, Intuit's wildly popular personal financial software...
In 1962, the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia's northeast coast, was without roads, electricity, water, and telephones. The land was devoted primarily to the grazing of livestock belonging to the native farmers who occupied the more valuable farmland in...