Greg Knapp, director of conference man- agement services for university housing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in January began a two-year term as president of the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). In his first...
The Vail (CO) Cascade Hotel & Club completed a $2 million renovation at the end of 1996 that updated its lobby areas, ballrooms, and prefunction areas...
CP Hotels (703) 524-2201 in the United States; (416) 367-7220 in Canada For small meetings, the national sales office checks availability and rates, and guarantees express turn-around service within 24 hours, including a proposal faxed or e-mailed...
The Renaissance Hotel Group has appointed Michael Williams as president and chief executive officer. Williams, who will be based in Hong Kong, served in senior management with Mandarin Oriental Hotels in North America and Asia for 13 years. Frank...
Oahu, Hawaii's most populous island, has always drawn a large share of the meetings and incentives market. Now, with the July 1998 opening of the 1.16 million-square-foot Hawai'i Convention Center, the island will have even more to offer groups...
For most of this century, tiny Lanai was known as Pineapple Island and was the private domain of the Dole Food Company, which used its 18,000 acres to lead the world in production of the sweet fruit. Dole still owns much of the island, but has...
Audience response keypads aren't a new idea: Attendees are each given a small keypad with which they answer questions. They can pick yes or no, or punch in a number that correlates to choices of answers. The audience's choices are tabulated by an...
For the fifth summer, Lynette Owens & Associates (LOA), a hotel marketing firm based in Rancho La Costa, CA, brought together a group of senior insurance executives and hoteliers for the annual LOA Insurance Advisory Board Meeting...