February 1, 2008 CMI
Features
Surviving Six Sigma
When it comes to meeting management, Pricewaterhouse- Coopers is a trailblazer. Do you use meeting cards? PwC helped to invent them. Have you launched...
Six Sigma Wisdom
Whenever I find myself saying, That's the way we've always done it, I stop dead in my tracks. If you're doing certain things the way that you've always...
Meetings Go Hollywood
Fistfights with keynote speakers. Award dinners interrupted by nude wrestling matches....
Yup, Anyone
At Bank of America, travel incentives are not reserved for the corporate elite top salespeople. Every one of the company's nearly 200,000 employees is...
Keynotes
The Tao of Dow
After 34 years with Marriott in positions ranging from summer lifeguard to senior vice president, global and field sales, ROGER DOW became president and...
CIC: New Faces, New Initiatives
The Convention Industry Council, the Washington, D.C.-based umbrella organization for 31 associations in the meeting and exhibition industry, made a series...
New DOT Battery Rules
Laptops, cellphones, cameras, two-way radios, PDAs, iPods, camcorders: Most of these consumer electronics are powered by lightweight, rechargeable lithium...
Pharma Meetings: Next Stop, Baltimore
Medical Meetings and the Center for Business Intelligence have partnered with Leverage Software to create Pharma Planners Connect, an online social networking...
The Royal Treatment
When William Lobkowicz, CEO and owner of Lobkowicz Events Management in Prague, takes groups to see the historic castles and cultural treasures of the...
Breakouts
Avoiding Alfresco Fiascos
Magnificent views of mountains, water, and cityscapes are superb backdrops to any event, day or night. An added benefit with outdoor parties is that the...
Fireman's Fund Program Saves Lives
Looking for a creative employee engagement program that energizes your people, gives back to your community, and builds your business?...
Save on Hotel & Meeting Rooms
Checklist LEAVE THE RATE ALONE. In a seller's market, hotels are reluctant to budge on the room rate. If you leave the rate alone, they may be more willing...
The Word: Cybercafé
Your Name Here Cybercafs are a prime sponsorship opportunity. Up the ante by naming the caf after the sponsor, displaying the sponsor's logo as a screensaver,...
Sites
New York & New Jersey
2007 was an exciting year for New York City, with The Plaza celebrating its 100th birthday and reopening after three years of refurbishment and art-deco...
Georgia & the Carolinas
Along the beaches of the Atlantic coast and barrier islands, owners and local CVBs have noted that some hotels and meeting facilities are in serious need...
On Location: Battery Park
A stone's throw from Wall Street, the financial services industry has found an oasis in Manhattan: The Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park...
Check-In
Harith Wickrema
(President, Harith Productions, Willow Grove, Pa., and recent three-time Crystal Award winner) If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you...
A Custom Blend
When Joan Schick brought 30 financial employees to The Grape Escape winery in Dayton, N.J., for a teambuilding event in November, they got a lot more...
Strategic Reading
We all want to do our part to reduce the carbon footprint of our meetings, but many of us don't know where to begin. Simple Steps to Green Meetings and...
CVBs Court the Corporate Market
More and more convention bureaus are giving corporate meetings a second look. And in a seller's market with tight hotel space, planners are realizing...
New & Renovated
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa Avon, Colo. The News: Colorado's newest luxury resort, at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain, is planning to open in July....
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