Insurance conference planners seeking to cut their risks frequently look to California. Consider: The benign, generally dry climate practically ensures that golf matches and other outdoor events will go off without a hitch. The resorts and...
Marketing 101 PROMOTE YOUR MEETING DEPARTMENT When an executive in a division of your company halfway across the country has a meeting to plan, does she call you? Or is her assistant on the phone accepting rack rates? Mergers mean insurance...
Arizona * Heli-Golf Want to add an extra dimension to attendees' day on the links? Resort Suites of Scottsdale now offers Heli-Golf, an exclusive escapade designed to take the game to the next level...
As a one-person department, Kim Ketcham, meeting planner at Standard Insurance Co., in Portland, Ore., juggles numerous responsibilities on a daily basis. How she keeps many balls in the air at once and still maintains her sanity can be attributed...
Earlier this year, the Golden Links Advisory Board held its annual meeting at the Walt Disney World Swan in Orlando, to work on making this issue as useful to you as possible. The advisory board is made up of 29 PGA professionals and golf industry...
Dan Weilbaker, PhD, a college professor, learned one of the most valuable lessons of his career on the golf course. It happened 20 years ago, when Weilbaker was a fresh-faced pharmaceutical rep intent on making his mark. He set up a round with a...
Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, a 228-room luxury resort in California wine country, less than an hour from San Francisco, has purchased the Sonoma Golf Club, which originally opened in 1927 as part of the Inn. The 18-hole championship course is now...
The Chateau Whistler Golf Club Whistler, British Columbia, has long been one of North America's best ski destinations. For me, it's also become synonymous with great golf...
Talk about a dream incentive for golfers: 88 guests took the ride of a lifetime last fall, circling the globe by private jet and making stops at eight of the world's best courses. A full-time golf director prearranged tee times and had the players...