PAIRINGS ARE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL, but most often overlooked, aspects of tournament planning. While some groups want exceptional competition, others just want comfortable camaraderie. Either way, the goal is to allow participants to have fun...

CORPORATE GOLF EVENTS mix wonderfully with golf professionals. While a poor or mediocre tennis player can't hit balls with John McEnroe for an afternoon, almost any golfer can play a scramble-style tournament with someone of the stature of Tom...

COORDINATING A GOLF EVENT is a quagmire of details, from deciding on the right course and coordinating foursomes to choosing awards and making sure that the rental shop has enough left-handed clubs. It's nothing that a gutsy meeting professional...

After an eight-month, $6 million reconstruction, the course at Breakers West, 11 miles west of THE BREAKERS hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., has reopened as THE BREAKERS REES JONES COURSE. The new layout adds four acres of new lakes, lengthens the...

THESE DAYS, it's all about doing it better, faster, and cheaper — every time. You're always on time and on budget, but could you save even more time and money...

CONSULTANT CHUCK MCPHERSON believes that he has the cure for the common meeting: Make it SLURPY...

Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts joined the spa-branding frenzy last year with the introduction of CHI spas, with the first one recently opening in Bangkok. There are plans for 10 more CHI spas in the next few years. The essence of the brand comes...

WE'VE ALL BEEN IN STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS WHERE WE spend seemingly endless hours fishboning and analyzing — without ever developing action steps or achieving results. But it doesn't have to be that way...

CELEBRATING A RECORD attendance of more than 2,700 at the Professional Education Conference in San Diego in January, Meeting Professionals International announced a position paper from its Global Corporate Circle of Excellence, telling members...

IN THE AFTERMATH of 9/11, Toby Brenner, president and CEO of Par Avion Meetings and Conventions in Los Angeles, had a client cancel a series of conferences, which resulted in some serious attrition fee exposure for the client. Through some...