February 1, 2004
Cover Story
FROM ONE TO MANY
THE CONSULTING FIRM McKinsey & Company introduced WebEx online conferencing for distance learning three years ago. We went through a pilot stage, and...
Upfront
Wake Up, Independents!
If you want to be treated like a professional, start acting like one! That was the resounding message I got from a session I moderated last month at The...
News & Info
FutureWatch: The Word from 2,075 MPI Members
Forecast: 3 percent. That's the growth in spending that meeting planners, on average, are anticipating for the year ahead. That's according to Meeting...
Attrition White Paper Released
In response to the meeting industry's growing concerns over attrition caused by attendees who book outside the block, the Convention Industry Council...
Special Events See Hope in '04
Event industry professionals are hoping that special event production will finally pick up solidly in 2004 after several years of languishing. Nowhere...
Meetings
TAKE 5
What's spinning on your CD player? No Doubt's In My Life Who inspires you? My friends It is time for a second career what do you choose? I would become...
Board Meetings: Your Questions Answered
In excerpts from his new book, Boardroom Excellence: A Common-Sense Perspective on Corporate Governance, author Paul Brountas answers our questions on...
Roll Over, Professor
A harmonious work force can be instrumental to a company's success, says Roger Nierenberg, music director of the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, Fairfield,...
Survey: Attitude Counts When Dealing With Hotels
While the mantra in the real estate industry may be location, location, location, the saying for hoteliers should be service, service, service. A recent...
free comedy
Starting this month, comedian Russell Roy will offer free entertainment to companies that bring meetings to Toronto one per month. There's a catch: Someone...
READ Between THE LINES
DAUNTING TO THE UNINITIATED, terms of a convention center contract are critical to the financial health of your event. Here experts lay out five ways...
The Lowdown on Labor
Budgeting for labor costs at convention centers can be a nightmare, what with the array of rate schedules, minimums, and jurisdictions, along with issues...
Incentives
SITE Panel: Incentives Are Becoming a Commodity
Never before has price been so important in incentive decision-making, according to a panel of industry leaders at the Society of Incentive and Travel...
did you know?
In Europe, an incentive trip is sometimes called a because it is often mixed with a meeting or conference element for tax reasons....
Your Own Private Cirque du Soleil
In a blink, you know that this is no ordinary banquet. The chef, in his tall, white hat, is stiltwalking across the ballroom. A contortionist brushes...
Treating People Right Pays Off
The last couple of years have been tough for most businesses and for their employees. Forty percent of employees consider their job either or stressful,...
Sun and Fun Incentives Win Agents Over
Want to know what qualifiers want? Ask them. That's what CMI's sister magazine Insurance Conference Planner did in its recent exclusive survey of 301...
NO MORE PLAQUES, PLEASE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED to recognition programs? Once a source of great pride and prestige, most companies' efforts are perceived as stale and irrelevant by...
Technology
What Can a Smart Card Do for You?
Smart cards, the high-tech plastic cards with embedded microchips for data storage, are gaining acceptance for identity verification, cash-free payments,...
need leg room?
You don't have to wait until you're in the plane to find out how good or horrible your seat is. Check out Seatguru.com. The site gives you comprehensive...
Audit Council Created for IT Event Industry
Event accountability: That's what attendee audits are all about, and the tech events industry appears to be gaining momentum on improving accountability...
MPBid Sketches Growth Plans
MPBid is poised for growth in 2004. The 10-employee site-selection service, which is centered on an online tool that facilitates requests for proposals...
Hilton Gets a GRIP
Hilton is hoping to woo meeting planners with a new technology solution to help with the frustrating problem of outside-the-block bookings. It won't stop...
Buyers Checklist for Online Registration
FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND online meeting registration systems or most meeting technologies, for that matter as well as Jeff Rasco, president of Attendee Management...
Sites
New and Expanded
Largest, longest, tallest, widest. That's how the new $780 million, 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2 is being touted. Christened by Queen Elizabeth II on January...
new sensation
There are few places in the world quite as opulent as Monaco and now the nation-state is even more luxurious with the addition of the Port Palace Hotel....
On Location: Omni at CNN Center, Atlanta
Atlanta is hoping that a dramatic addition to the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, coupled with some neighborhood face-lifting and new attractions, will put...
On Location: Taos, N.M.
In Taos, N.M., Dharma Resorts opened the upscale El Monte Sagrado last summer, with 38 individually decorated units. There are 18 in American Indian style;...
Last Word
intern
Just-in-time help. You don't need space for an intern at your office. Many are interested in just working a meeting or event. For the cost of meals and...
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