As the popularity of spas has skyrocketed at financial and insurance meetings, planners have started to carefully manage the process of site selection,...More
THE GROWTH OF THE SPA component within the travel and meeting industries is continuing unabated, both internationally and within the United States. A...More
Did you know that emotional intelligence a combination of personal, emotional, and social skills has a huge influence on people's ability to succeed?...More
Under sunny and warm Las Vegas skies, 140 meeting industry professionals and suppliers hit the links at the 6th Annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational...More
The insurance industry loves golf, says Jerry Ganoni, president of Humana Small Business and Humana Dental in Green Bay, Wis. Ganoni first swung a club...More
THE TOURNAMENT FORMAT sets the tone. Sometimes, a golfer's decision about whether to play will be influenced by the format, with experienced players sometimes...More
TURN BACK THE CLOCK Let your players experience golf as it was at the turn of the century by hitting shots with hickory-shafted clubs, putting with wooden-headed...More
COORDINATING A GOLF EVENT is a quagmire of details, from deciding on the right course and coordinating foursomes to choosing awards and making sure that...More
GOLF AND SPAS have become twin amenities these days: It's as if you can't have one without the other. Planners have discovered that resorts with both...More
EVEN THE MOST COMPETENT MEETING PLANNERS can't control the weather on the day of a golf event. Nor can they keep executives from canceling a tournament...More
CORPORATE GOLF EVENTS mix wonderfully with golf professionals. While a poor or mediocre tennis player can't hit balls with John McEnroe for an afternoon,...More
After an eight-month, $6 million reconstruction, the course at Breakers West, 11 miles west of THE BREAKERS hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., has reopened as...More
PAIRINGS ARE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL, but most often overlooked, aspects of tournament planning. While some groups want exceptional competition, others...More
For Players with a Sense of Humor You need to have a sense of humor to play the game, right? BOGEYPRO GOLF (www.bogeypro.com) has designed a series of...More
I CAN'T BELIEVE this is the 11th year that Corporate Meetings & Incentives has published our annual golf issue. We started this special issue because...More
HIRE A GOLF PROFESSIONAL With a celebrity on hand to emcee the event, hand out the awards, and mingle with everyone, even those who do not receive tournament...More
WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? Golf event planners often find themselves asking that question when choosing player gifts and prizes. In essence, what women and men...More
NEVER SELECT A GOLF RESORT based on golf alone. A good place to start when choosing a course is with an examination of your group and its needs. Is the...More
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts joined the spa-branding frenzy last year with the introduction of CHI spas, with the first one recently opening in Bangkok....More
Tickets go on sale next month for the 2006 Ryder Cup, to be held September 20-24 at the prestigious Kildare Golf and Country Club, Straffan, County Kildare....More