I've recently been reading about the Burning Man Festival (www.burningman.com) held every year in the desert outside Reno, Nev. For those who aren't familiar with this week-long festival, it centers around the ritual incineration of a 52-foot-high...

Lingo Bingo Here's a little game to pass the time while you're viewing the tapes that your proactive speakers bureau has sent you of keynoters who might be a strategic fit for your next event...

Jamaica's motto, "Out of Many, One People," would be a fitting slogan for its prime meeting site as well. The Jamaica Conference Centre, located in the capital city of Kingston, is one of the Caribbean's leading facilities for meetings that...

I've heard many an event manager proclaim: "Wow! Did you see that amazing meeting/presentation/product launch /________ (fill in the blank)?! Where'd they get the idea for that?" ...

What's next, you ask? Here's my incentive travel forecast for the new millennium (or at least for the next decade), with my predictions for how employees will want to be rewarded, where winners will want to go, and what they will want to do when...

Have you ever considered joining the Computer Event Marketing Association? Have you ever even heard of us? If you work for an IT company and your responsibilities include the success of your company's events, we're here for you...

Event planners can send electronic Requests for Proposals to hotels from any number of Internet sites. The problem, however, is that almost every site has created a different format for those RFPs. The situation can bog down a hotel's sales force...

Recently, I received an invitation to attend a training. The list of who should attend included at least 20 job titles ranging from CEO to IT manager. Who do you think will attend? I predict that the trainees will be predominantly IT managers or...

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Rio de Janeiro has changed its image, says Gerard Bourgeaiseau, Rio's secretary of tourism. Making comparisons to New York City, Rio's tourism representatives claim a very real about-face: The city is cleaner, safer, even more fun. More fun in the...