March 1, 2004
Cover Story
On High Alert: Assessing Terrorist Threats
When it comes to terrorist threats, many planners and vendors maintain what Joan L. Eisenstodt calls a see no evil attitude...
Upfront
Security Is Your Job
In January, I attended a meeting in Las Vegas and was surprised by the elevated level of security. McCarran International Airport was buzzing with activity,...
News & Info
Skills for Life: MPI's 2004 Ed Conference
You don't need a college degree in meeting planning to become a meeting professional, but if it's up to Colin Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, president and CEO...
2004 Euro Meeting Shows Gear Up
Considering Mali, Africa, for your next event? Rotura, New Zealand? Cesky Krumlov Town, Czech Republic? These emerging destinations will have a place...
EIBTM Ol
Competing with upstart IMEX, Reed Travel Exhibitions' 2004 EIBTM show will take place later in the year than in the past November 30 to December 2 in...
It Pays to Vote
Congratulations to Julie Johnson, CMP, CMM, manager, events and incentives at Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, Texas. Johnson is the winner of a three-night...
ProcurePoint folds
ProcurePoint Travel Solutions, a company focused on online sourcing and procurement of hotel space for corporate meetings and transient travel, has closed....
Event Marketing Gets Noticed
Move over traditional marketers. Events continue to gain ground as a strategic tool for corporate America, with event marketing budgets expected to rise...
Meetings
The Cities with the Best Deals
As the lodging industry slowly emerges from its multiyear slump, some U.S. cities are more in demand than others. In fact, half of the major market cities...
no talking head
David Byrne, the former lead singer of the Talking Heads, has actually found a way to make PowerPoint, well, cool. His new book and DVD, Envisioning Emotional...
Not the Nuns You Grew Up With
You can't look at four guys dressed up as nuns and not laugh, says Paul Creighton, executive vice president, T. Skorman Productions, about the corporate...
Attrition vs. Privacy Rights: A Delicate Balance
The biggest challenge to hotel guests' privacy rights may not come from government investigators fighting terrorism. It may instead be from attrition...
Cleveland CVB Rolls Out a Rockin' Meetings Promotion
In a slow-moving economy in which competition for meeting business is fierce, the hospitality industry in Cleveland has come up with a way to lure business....
Savings and the City
DOWNTOWN MEETINGS can be an expensive proposition, but deal-minded planners have plenty of strategies for keeping costs down. Here are 15 good ones, compiled...
Bigger Doesn't Always Mean Better
The best recognition efforts often start small and build over time. Take, for example, the Reward of Excellence program at Herbalife, the health and nutrition...
Incentives
What's Hot in Merchandise?
To find out, we asked Howard Trilling, vice president of marketing for American Identity, which provides corporate identity and incentive merchandise....
New Certification for Incentive Marketing Execs
While there has been a certification program for incentive travel professionals for some time, the merchandise side of the business has never had one....
How Are Employee Gifts Taxed?
The Internal Revenue Service issues very little guidance on employee achievement (incentive) awards. Section 274(j) of the IRS Code, enacted by the Tax...
Still Onboard
TWO YEARS AGO, Derek Carissimi took a look at his industry health care and began to think about programs that his hospital could use to attack the labor...
Independents
The Four Seasons of Meeting Planning
As the seasons change, so do the roles and responsibilities of the meeting planner. Consider March, the start of spring. After a long, cold winter, spring...
budgets on the rise
Meeting budgets for independent planning firms are projected to increase in a big way in 2004, states FutureWatch 2004, an annual meeting industry survey...
Learn to Sell Yourself
Industry veterans Shelley Harris, CMP, CMM, and Ellen Wilson, CMP, are offering a six-week TeleWorkshop on marketing and sales techniques for independent...
What You Need Is a Plan
A BUSINESS PLAN is the map that will guide you through the twists and turns of becoming an independent planner. The plan doesn't have to be long, complex,...
Sites
Spa News
Opened in spring 2002, the Lodge at Torrey Pines, on 6.5 acres in La Jolla, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean, has 175 guest rooms and a 9, 500-square-foot...
spa spiff up
The 364-room Four Seasons Hotel New York completed a $5 million redesign of its spa last fall, overseen by architect Peter Marino. Upon entering, guests...
On Location: Marriott Waikiki
Talk about a room with a view. From my 18th-floor balcony, I could survey an expanse of placid Pacific waters and the full sweep of Waikiki Beach, as...
Western Ski Meetings
WHAT'S NEW Denver is looking forward to hosting Meeting Professionals International, anticipating as many as 3,000 meeting planners for the 2004 convention...
Last Word
Atkins
Atkins (noun) 1. A diet focused on high-protein, low-carbohydrate foods. 2. Dr. Robert C. Atkins, creator of the popular Atkins diet Snack time. You don't...
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