December 1, 2004
Update
Welcome to a Seller's Market in Hotel Space
In the new seller's market, will planners have to start paying for meeting space? According to Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide President and COO Bob...
After the Hurricanes: FLORIDA EXECS SAY: WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
We feel blessed that we didn't sustain any more damage than we did, said W. Paul Catoe, president/CEO of the Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, who...
Web Sites That Connect
Every Web site including meeting sites must hit five emotional points to ensure that it makes an emotional connection that will engage users and make...
The Fundamentals of ROI
At the most fundamental level, return on investment, or ROI, starts with a good budget, one that takes into account the many nuances of the meeting, according...
The Future of Room Blocks?
At a recent roundtable discussion with convention and visitors bureau executives (see page 97), the conversation touched on issues related to how discount...
Jacksonville Announces Hiring
The Jacksonville & the Beaches CVB has hired Theda Jackson as convention sales manager. She will promote Jacksonville & the Beaches to all religious,...
Profile
Nurse Enjoying Life as a Planner
By the time she was 8, Sherry Moore knew that she wanted to be a nurse, and she geared her life toward achieving her calling. Her second calling as a...
Voices
What changes have you made in your meetings in the past year?
Mickie O'Donnell Gutierrez Executive Director Lord and King Associates, Lombard, Ill. In the past eight years, we've held our conference at local churches....
Special Section
To Our Suppliers:
Another great RCMA World Conference & Exposition is just around the corner. Suppliers relating to planners is an important element of the conference....
33rd RCMA World Conference and Exposition
Two hundred years ago, St. Louis was the starting point for the Lewis & Clark Expedition, a journey of courage and faith that advanced the causes of science...
Gateway to Excellence
MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Arrival day for personal activities in St. Louis, a cosmopolitan Mississippi River destination where visitors quickly learn there's...
Features
Bring Your Meetings Back to Life
As the staffers filed into the conference center meeting room, some joked, others spoke in hushed tones, and a few buried their faces in their planners...
CVBs Face Scrutiny and Challenges
It's no picnic being a convention and visitors bureau executive these days. In the past 18 months, spending scandals at a handful of bureaus have cast...
Law
Blocking Hotel Attrition Charges
There's not much worse than winding up a successful meeting only to find that the hotel is claiming your group did not fulfill its room-block requirements...
Site Files
Sandestin Beach and Golf Resort
HAVE YOU DISCOVERED Florida's Northwest coast yet? The stretch of beaches in Florida's panhandle is known as The Emerald Coast. Think soft sea breezes,...
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...
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