Bill Peeper wore many hats when he first became president of the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau in 1984. He had to — the staff consisted of him and one other person. But that was OK because there wasn't much convention...
Mercedes-Benz World, in Weybridge, Surrey, England, is set to open this month. Conference facilities at the new multimillion-dollar facility include flexible meeting space for more than 300 attendees, as well as a boardroom-style suite overlooking...
When Caryn Taylor-Lucia, CMP, and Shelly Tsipori, CMP, of SEI bought out The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, and transformed it into a summer camp for the SEI Select Advisors Council, one attendee confessed, “I gave up a trip to Hawaii to...
No topic was too hot to handle at the Krisam Group's first Executive Summit, held September 7-10 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. At the opening session, moderated by Corporate Meetings & Incentives' Editor Barbara Scofidio...
One by one, hotel worker contracts are being settled in major convention cities. In September, hoteliers and Unite Here, the union representing workers, came to terms in San Francisco, ending a two-year stalemate. The five-year deal, retroactive...
Every year, it seems, there's a news story about bedbugs in this or that hotel. Well, if you don't think hoteliers take this problem seriously, think again. In September, the American Hotel and Lodging Association and the National Pest Management...
LAKEWAY RESORT AND SPA near Austin, Texas, is completing a multimillion-dollar renovation. The resort features 168 guest rooms, a spa, 10 meeting rooms, and three ballrooms. The 5,200-square-foot Glass Ballroom is due to open this month. ...
EIBTM, The International meeting and incentive exhibition held each year at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, will be hoping to top its 2005 numbers — approximately 2,500 hosted buyers and 2,733 exhibiting companies — when it convenes...
