John Dodd has played a lot of golf courses. The coordinator at Northville, MIbased FPS Training, which develops and plans training programs for major companies such as Ford and Chrysler, was a participant in this year's Inaugural Boyne Classic...

A basic principle of negotiation is that it takes a meeting of the minds to have a legally binding and enforceable contract. Most of the time, meeting executives keep that principle firmly in mind when drafting their agreements. Yet every so often...

Where can you find a destination to suit the diverse interests of everyone in your group? Casa de Campo's tropical playground with two conference centers is the ideal site for incentives, conferences, and tournaments. No other Caribbean resort...

What good is executive training if participants can't transfer new insights to the workplace? The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in Greensboro, NC is addressing that dilemma with its Leader Lab, a program designed to help executives make the...

Dianne Anderson, a corporate meeting planner for the Huntington Beach, CA office of the Boeing Company (formerly McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Company before the August merger), plans about 170 meetings and events a year that involve "customers." By...

The failure to address communication problems is triggering a "spiral of stupidity" in corporations trying to deal with change, says consultant Steven Webber...

One travel manager is spearheading the drive to formulate an "Environmental Code of Practice for Business Travel." Lynne Bicknell, management services manager for London-based Salomon Brothers International, says her committee of U.K. travel...

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Get ready to factor in a new charge on guest folios at some resorts: the daily service fee. While it may sound like one more aspect of the seller's market squeeze, resort staffers say they instituted the fees to help, not hurt...

If your meeting agenda calls for a visit to the Mall of America outside Minneapolis, you should know that the green flag is waving at the Silicon Motor Speedway interactive entertainment center...