In the very near future, meeting attendees at conference centers will demand continuous contact with headquarters and affiliates all over the world by e-mail. So said technological guru Elliot Masie of The MASIE Center think tank in Saratoga...
* Hilton Hotels Corporation has again extended its $6.5 billion hostile bid for ITT Sheraton Corporation, marking the third time Hilton has been forced to delay pursuit of its takeover attempt. Meanwhile, a judge rejected Hilton's attempt to force...
OVER the years, meeting planners have developed guidelines and formulas to help them estimate their audiovisual needs. The following are some of the most useful rules of thumb that can help you to match your groups with the meeting room and...
George Perkins is convinced that the insurance industry's incentive vehicle needs fixing, and for the past couple of years, he's been tinkering under the hood...
METCON (the Meetings and Exhibitions Technology Conference)--the first joint meeting of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)--provided a forum for meeting planners...
"The Winds of Change" ... . . was the theme at SCMP's fall conference four years ago. At that time, corporate downsizing and outsourcing were more rumor than reality. Today I'm hard pressed to think of one friend or associate who hasn't been...
Until recently, checking into an American hotel was a trip to the land of conformity. Except for some regionally inspired resorts and some historic renovations, interiors showed little individuality. Once inside, a guest could be in any hotel...
Communicating Corporate Culture: Make it Memorable To make sure your worldwide employees understand and work within the corporate culture, develop a message that's memorable. Take global conference center company Dolce International, which created...
Meeting executives hire speakers to educate or to entertain; the best speakers do both. It has become common practice for organizations that retain speakers, be they professional or volunteer, to enter into agreements with them outlining the terms...