December 1, 2004
Cover Story
Diary Of A Job Hunter, Summer, 2004
Summer 2004 I first heard the thunder in the distance last June, when the company's new human resource director called a meeting of our education team...
Upfront
Suppliers as Consultants
If your business is nothing but a travel fulfillment company, in a couple of years you're sure to be a twitching corpse. That well-meant warning from...
News & Info
IDG Launches Custom Event Group
IDG World Expo, which produces technology-focused trade shows and conferences such as Macworld and LinuxWorld, is going after IT companies' proprietary...
TS2 to Revamp, Add Corporate Event Education
DON'T BE SURPRISED if TS2 wants you. TS2, the trade show about trade shows, was sold this fall, and the new owners are planning to retool the show to...
Moises would be proud
The International Congress and Convention Association presented its Moises Shuster Award, in recognition of exceptional contributions to the meeting industry,...
Take 5
WHAT'S THE BEST BOOK YOU'VE READ THIS YEAR? Shakespeare's Kitchen by Francine Segan. This may be the first scholarly fun cookbook; it is about menus and...
Meetings
Altruism and Business Savvy at Work in the U.K.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY for the Prevention of Accidents has determined that every week there are 270 serious accidents involving at-work travel in the United...
Trading Spaces
IMAGINE PUTTING ON a small meeting without writing a check. Organizations that use barter to secure meeting space have found that it's simple to use,...
Is Atkins Losing Weight?
Carbs aren't king, but they're not a pariah anymore either. Interest in the carbohydrate-free Atkins diet is on the wane, say the culinary experts at...
mood matters
At two boutique properties in the United Kingdom myhotel Bloomsbury and myhotel Chelsea a new program lets planners choose an aroma for their meeting...
Clause & Effect: Sample Clause Requiring Green Practices From Your Hotel
CLAUSE: Green Your Hotel Group expects Hotel will identify, recommend, and use as many environmentally responsible practices as possible and feasible...
2005 LODGING FORECAST Back to a Seller's Market?
It looks as if meeting planners are heading straight into a seller's market in 2005, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual U.S. Lodging Forecast....
Civil Unions
UNION LESSON ONE: It's not the rates; it's the rules. When meeting organizers bring their events to cities with unionized convention labor, their biggest...
Cut Costs, Not Quality
We went straight to the experts Susan Friedman, author of Meeting Planning For Dummies; Bonnie Wallsh, chief solutions officer, Bonnie Wallsh Associates,...
Incentives
An Exciting Time for SITE
THERE WAS A PALPABLE BUZZ in the air at the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives' international conference in Mrida, Mexico, in early November an...
Grown-Up Toys
Each year, the Motivation Show spotlights dozens of new products in its Innovative Products Gallery. Be assured, your employees will do what it takes...
welcome wagon
Ever wonder why companies throw parties and give gifts to people when they leave, but not when they start? Here are a few ideas for making new hires feel...
EVERYONE WINS AT MERIDIAN HEALTH
SOMETIMES, THE BEST INCENTIVES are the things that employees need, not the things they want. Meridian Health, a leading hospital system in central New...
THE BEST IN THE BIZ: SITE's 2004 Crystal Award Winners
Most Creative Use of an Incentive Program to Solve a Marketing Problem External Marketing Campaign: Simon Hilton, 212F, Melbourne, Australia, for The...
MARKETING & INCENTIVES: DOUBLE-DUTY EVENTS
FOR A SINGLE EVENING in spring 2003, the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., was transformed into Rancho Chevrolet, a setting of Old West buildings...
Sites
Golf Resorts Spruce Up
On Hilton Head Island, THE SEA PINES RESORT has completed a four-year renovation project that included construction of the new 60-room Inn at Harbour...
hot, hot, hot
In Los Cabos, Mexico, the Marquis Los Cabos Beach, Golf, Spa & Casitas Resort opened last year. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, the resort...
On Location: The Westin Savannah Harbor
Just a chip shot away from the hotel at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (or so say the public relations staff; I'd say it's more like a very...
On Location: Ocean Edge Resort
THERE'S NO PLACE like Cape Cod, Mass., with its miles of dune-studded beaches and historic seaside towns. Sprawled on 429 acres that include 700 feet...
Resort Spas
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, Florida has gone spa crazy. Whether your meeting is at a posh oceanfront complex, a theme park hotel, or golf resort, rest assured,...
Resort to Epcot
WITH SO MANY great resorts at Walt Disney World, it can be difficult to choose which is right for your meeting or event. You can't go wrong if you check...
Last Word
security
SECURITY (noun) 1. the quality or state of being secure; freedom from danger, fear, or anxiety. 2. an organization or department whose task is security...
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