* Sports Travel Services, Inc., has released Version 3.1 of its PC-based STS Resort EXPRESS-Business Planning Edition software. Planners can now select properties by Mobil Travel Guide ratings, as well as the other national awards featured in...

With little on-the-scene fan-fare but a fair amount of pre-meeting lobbying, delegates at the Convention Liaison Council (CLC) approved a major restructuring of the organization at its November meeting in Fort Worth, TX...

If you're like most of the readers who responded to the 1996 Insurance Conference Planner Salary and Practices Survey, you received a raise last year, your department has not been downsized in the past 24 months, and you have a solid ten years of...

They came bearing clubs. Twenty-one meeting planners, along with their guests, relaxed in the VIP lounge at Aruba's Queen Beatrix International Airport while golf bag after golf bag wended its way through customs. Their ultimate destination: the...

John Phillips Vice President of Professional Development and Programming National Association of Life Underwriters Washington, DC ...

More than half of the insurance companies responding to the Life Insurance Marketing Research Association (LIMRA) 1995 Convention Practices Survey said their incentive travel programs are based on a 12-month qualification period; the most common...

ALL meeting planners are faced with the challenge of determining whether to rent equipment on site, bring company-owned equipment, or purchase new equipment for a particular meeting. This can be a daunting task because it's technical and time...

Roger Tondeur was honored by the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) as its 1996 Member of the Year. Tondeur, a 17-year veteran of the incentive and congress industry, is the general manager of MCI Travel in Geneva...

While attending the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) general assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I discovered that many of the meeting challenges faced by U.S. companies are shared by our colleagues in Europe, Asia, and...

Twenty-four months, eight quarters, 730 days: Any way you look at it, a two-year qualification period is a long time to hold agents' attention. That was the challenge for MassMutual's Conference Planning department when it launched the promotional...