November 1, 2004

Cover Story

DEADLY MEETINGS

AS THE STAFFERS FILED into the conference room, some joked, others spoke in hushed tones, and a few buried their faces in their PDAs. This was to be a...

Upfront

CMI & ROI

TRACEY SMITH, MANAGER of events programming at Dallas software company RIA Thomson, was forced to leave in the middle of Meeting Professionals International's...

News & Info

Aruba Meetings Now Tax-Deductible

News flash: Aruba is now part of North America as far as meetings are concerned, that is. As of September 13, Aruba is considered part of the North American...

Hotel Labor Issues Erupt

BY MID-OCTOBER, LABOR DISPUTES had caused a lockout at 14 San Francisco hotels and a strike watch at another 23 hotels in Los Angeles and Washington,...

Duffy rises at Maritz

Maritz Inc. has named Christine Duffy president and chief executive officer of Maritz Travel, a business unit of the Fenton, Mo. based company specializing...

Bremer: Hot Potato for Insurance Group

A MEETING OF insurance executives organized by the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers found itself interjected into this year's presidential race...

The New Lingo: ESG

THE CONVENTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL has approved suggested accepted practices from the APEX initiative's Resumes & Work Orders Panel, making this the third...

In Brief

SPREADING THE WORD The Convention Industry Council launched the Certified Meeting Professional Ambassador program in September to increase participation...

HelmsBriscoe Gets Day Meetings Partner

HELMSBRISCOE, one of the world's largest conference resource firms, has entered into an agreement with Business Meeting Places, Stamford, Conn., a division...

Survey Reveals Special Event Optimism

IT'S NO RETURN to the exuberant days of the late '90s, when corporate events were big, fun, and well-financed, but clearly there is some optimism out...

Meetings

Take 5

1. IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? Hawaii or Alaska. Very different from one another, but both are remote, exotic, and full...

How to Build a Budget Planner

At the most fundamental level, ROI starts with a good budget one that takes into account the many nuances of the meeting. At September's Affordable Meetings...

Event Planners in the Making

If you want an event done well, get some high school students. Specifically, ask for Dave Robinson's class at Port Perry High School in Port Perry, Ontario....

managing meeting spend

Log on to meetingsnet.com to get the results of our just-released Managing Corporate Meeting Spend 2004 Benchmark Survey, which looks at the use of meeting...

MEETING COMMUNICATIONS: KNOW THE RULES

FCC, EBR, CAN-SPAM, opt-in, opt-out it gets a little confusing. The rules governing how organizations can deliver their advertising and solicitation messages...

Survey: Trade Shows Bounce Back

TRADE SHOW PROFESSIONALS are optimistic that an industry recovery is just around the corner, according to a survey just released by the Trade Show Exhibitors...

Trade Shows and ROI

Why you should measure trade show returns on investment....

NBTA Posts Air, Hotel Paper

If the members of the National Business Travel Association are any indication, more corporate travel managers are looking over the wall into the workings...

CORPORATE CASES

WHAT IS THE MAJOR CHALLENGE of every modern growth company? To avoid losing connection with what made it great in the first place. That's what was on...

Incentives

Beach & Golf All in the Same Day

Hawaii has added meaning to the incentive dream: You can swim and play golf all in the same day. However, the golf we're talking about isn't a round on...

Incentive Travel: Luxury Is Back in Demand

INCENTIVE TRAVEL has made it into the mainstream press lately, with reports that luxury trips are back in full force as the result of a strengthening...

test drive

Run the rules for your nonsales incentive program by a core group of people who will be participating. It's the best way to test your assumptions. It's...

MOTIVATING PEOPLE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO

WE ALL KNOW THE TYPE: the manager who advocates treating customers right, then is quick to take shortcuts that undermine the quality of the company's...

BTC Survey Finds Incentive Budgets Growing

New research of 55 member companies from the Business Travel Coalition, based in Radnor, Pa., has found that 52 percent of respondents plan to increase...

A NEW MOOD IN THE AIR AND IN THE AISLES

AS OUR EDITORS greeted guests at our booth the opening afternoon of this year's Motivation Show, a couple of people commented about how packed the aisles...

Technology

2004—IntroNetworks, social networking tool

EIBTM WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY WATCH, now in its fifth year of recognizing companies for their meetings-focused technology products, has picked a sophisticated...

Digital Badge Co. Has a Big Pal

The digital, interactive badge nTAG, which earned top honors in EIBTM's 2003 Worldwide Watch (see 2004 winners, left), has been named a preferred supplier...

quick check-in

Online check-in, which travelers practically take for granted in their airline travels, is rolling out in the hotel arena. Carlson Hotels Worldwide started...

Portland CVA Goes Solar

While Mount St. Helens may be spewing a bit of gray into the sky, it's all about the sun right now at the Portland Oregon Visitors Association. Bureau...

TECH FYI

TECH BLOG Tech3 Partners, a meeting technology consultancy headed by Rod Marymor, CMP; Corbin Ball, CMP; and Jeff Rasco, CMP, launched a blog in mid-September....

Strategic Meeting Management Tools

What’s the Difference? (2004)...

Special Section

Spend Control

Corporate planners use innovative tools and technology to save time, control costs, and demonstrate value across their organizations....

Spend Control

Corporate planners use innovative tools and technology to save time, control costs, and demonstrate value across their organizations....

Sites

Gaming News

BARONA VALLEY RANCH RESORT & CASINO, established in Lakeside, Calif., by the Barona Band of Mission Indians, features a 397-room hotel, a 300,000-square-foot...

On Location: Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

The giant swan and dolphin statues remain at their posts atop the hotels; inside, though, some of the playful beach dcor and color schemes have been refined....

need a dmc?

One of the fastest and easiest ways to search geographically is the DMC Quick-Finder at www.dmc-quick-finder.com. Also, the Association of Destination...

Last Word

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HURRICANE 1 (noun) a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 mph or greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic and is usually accompanied by rain,...

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