January 1, 1997

Articles

ARUBA SHOWCASE

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

They came bearing clubs. Twenty-one meeting planners, along with their guests, relaxed in the VIP lounge at Aruba's Queen Beatrix International Airport...

AV ANSWERS

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Ken Pickle

ALL meeting planners are faced with the challenge of determining whether to rent equipment on site, bring company-owned equipment, or purchase new equipment...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk 711 East Riverwalk San Antonio, TX 78205 Phone (210) 224-4555 Fax (210) 228-0548GENERAL MANAGER Steve LundgrenDIRECTOR...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

The Broadmoor One Lake Avenue PO Box 1439 Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1439 Phone (719) 577-7711 Toll-Free Reservations (800) 577-7711 Fax (719) 577-5700GENERAL...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Hyatt Regency San Diego One Market Place San Diego, CA 92101 Phone (619) 232-1234 Fax (619) 233-6464GENERAL MANAGER Alan RandleDIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

The Peabody Orlando 9801 International Drive Orlando, FL 32819 Phone (407) 352-4000 or (800) 42-DUCKS Fax (407) 351-3501 (Sales)VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd. Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-2653 Phone (407) 934-4290 Toll-Free Reservations: (800) 227-1500...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Opryland Hotel Convention Center 2800 Opryland Drive Nashville, TN 37214 Phone (615) 871-5824 Fax (615) 871-5843General Manager Joe HenryVice President...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

The Registry Resort 475 Seagate Drive Naples, Florida 34103 Phone (941) 597-3232 Toll Free Reservations (800) 247-9810 Fax (941) 566-7919Vice President/Director...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

The Mirage 3400 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Phone (702) 791-7111 Toll-Free Reservations (800) 627-6667 Fax (702) 792-7669VICE PRESIDENT,...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Chicago Hilton and Towers 720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Phone (312) 922-4400 Reservations (800) HILTONS Fax (312) 922-5240General Manager...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Sonesta Beach Resort Bermuda Southshore Road Southampton, Bermuda Phone (441) 238-8122 Toll-free Reservations (800) SONESTA Fax (441) 238-1086GENERAL...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Fiesta Americana Coral Beach Cancun Boulevard Kukulcan KM. 9.5, Lote #6 Zona Hotelera, Cancun, Q.R., Mexico 77500 Phone (98) 83-29-00 Toll-Free Reservations...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Caribe Hilton & Casino PO Box 9021872 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-1872 Phone: (809) 721-0303 Toll-Free Reservations: (800) HILTONS Fax: (809) 725-8849DIRECTOR...

PREMIUM CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

El Conquistador Resort & Country Club 1000 El Conquistador Avenue Las Croabas, Puerto Rico 00738-7001 Phone (787) 863-1000 Groups (800) 441-0418 Fax (305)...

New Hotels For Small Meetings

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

In December, just in time for the ski season, the Pinnacle Resort at Whistler opened in Whistler, BC. The mountain destination's first "boutique" hotel,...

Hotel Changes Around the Country

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

ITT Sheraton added to its roster in November the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver, formerly the Wall Centre Hotel. The 428-room hotel is the anchor...

Hotels Adopt Choice Program

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Six Canadian hotels are acting as pilot properties for the testing of the "Courtesy of Choice" program, developed by the International Hotel Association...

CONFERENCE CENTERS: CULTIVATING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Greg Knapp, director of conference man- agement services for university housing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in January began a two-year...

FORUM

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

John Phillips Vice President of Professional Development and Programming National Association of Life Underwriters Washington, DC"I guess the biggest...

Law Talk

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Jed R. Mandel

Insurance Conference Planner welcomes its newest columnist, Jed R. Mandel, a partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. Mandel...

MORE MONEY

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

If you're like most of the readers who responded to the 1996 Insurance Conference Planner Salary and Practices Survey, you received a raise last year,...

Convention Liaison Council Reinvents Itself

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Regina McGee

With little on-the-scene fan-fare but a fair amount of pre-meeting lobbying, delegates at the Convention Liaison Council (CLC) approved a major restructuring...

Incentives Must Change With the Times: SITE

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Companies that thrive in the future will be those that figure out how to motivate an ever-diversifying workforce. It's not just the traditional salesperson...

A Sense of Belonging

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Connie Goldstein

Another speaker, James B. Dittman, CITE, of Dittman Incentive Marketing in Edison, NJ, claimed that today's companies ask not whether to build beach Olympics...

SITE Sets Regional Universities

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Acknowledging the increasing globalization of its membership-only 45 percent are now in the U.S.-The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) this...

How Not to Cross California Picket Lines

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Concerned about subjecting your attendees to crowds of angry protesters outside hotels? Hoteliers may be unlikely to inform you of labor problems, but...

Wyndham Launches Second Frequent Travelers' Contest

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts kicks off its second annual awards program for female frequent business travelers January 15. Five women will be selected as...

Tech Trends

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

* Sports Travel Services, Inc., has released Version 3.1 of its PC-based STS Resort EXPRESS-Business Planning Edition software. Planners can now select...

PROFILE

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

AT 4 p.m. on the day Linda Bourbonnie fully expected to be laid off-Friday the 13th, no less-she got called into the office of the president of marketing...

International Scene

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which operates such upscale properties as The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas and Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda, British...

Renovation Time

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

The Vail (CO) Cascade Hotel & Club completed a $2 million renovation at the end of 1996 that updated its lobby areas, ballrooms, and prefunction areas.Sun...

Desert Shmesert

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

In January, The Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio Cliffs in Phoenix will take the edge off the Arizona heat when it opens its three-and-a-half acre water...

WINNING PROMOTION

Jan 1, 1997 12:00 PM, INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNER STAFF

Twenty-four months, eight quarters, 730 days: Any way you look at it, a two-year qualification period is a long time to hold agents' attention. That was...