Aloha Blank Checks

The Hawaii Convention Center is getting awfully generous with U.S. meeting planners these days. In an offer that had jaws dropping at the final luncheon at this year’s PCMA meeting in Indianapolis, HCC center officials offered a "blank check" to next year’s PCMA attendees: "Register for the 2005 annual meeting in Hawaii and get an incredible Hawaii Convention Center Rent Credit. Applicable to HCC rent for bookings made in 2004 for meetings scheduled anytime during 2005 to 2010," read the