Talk about a tough crowd. When the National Speakers Association selects speakers for its annual conference, held this year from July 17-20 in Phoenix, it has to impress a particularly discerning audience — the 3,500 professional speakers who make...
A bit more than a year after being downsized at Charles Schwab, Laura Donahoe finally landed a position as a contract employee for PeopleSoft. For most of 2004, she will be tied up coordinating the content for an upcoming user conference in San...
Having opened in the summer of 2003, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has quickly become a destination resort, with 70,000 square feet of event space, a meeting-savvy staff, and spectacular facilities that already has made many meetings, conferences...
NASD (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers) has sanctioned several brokerage firms for running prohibited sales contests, and its investigation is broadening. Writing in the spring 2004 issue of The Journal of Investment...
Located on the Atlantic Ocean, the 1,000-room resort boasts shopping, six on-site restaurants, golf, tennis, a full-service spa, and two marinas offering charter fishing and water sports. The property, which is adjacent to a state-of-the-art...
Savvy meeting planners like the quiet that Turf Valley's surrounding 1,000 acres provide. But mostly, they like the pervasive sense of warmth and friendliness that the resort maintains...
The Villas of Grand Cypress offer world-class amenities and accommodations, all within walking distance of the 45-hole, Jack Nicklaus — designed golf courses...
As a growing number of corporations opt for regional meetings over large national conferences, second- and third-tier destinations are reaping the benefits of the shift...
