The Big Island is nearly twice as large as the others combined, and it is still growing. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano has spewed lava and has added more than 70 acres to the island's southeast shore. In fact, offshore, an underwater Mount Loihi...

The convention/resort hotel's outstanding reputation is enhanced by its recently completed $18.5 million renovation of all guest rooms, meeting facilities, and public space...

Called the Magic Isle, Maui is ideal for meetings because the island's gods have arranged that residents and visitors alike shall have time for both work and play...

Have you heard the one about the 30 lawyers who spent an afternoon landscaping, planting flowers, and putting in a sprinkler system for a battered women's shelter? Don't wait for the punch line--it's no joke. In fact, the Young Lawyers Division of...

THE POWER OF Associations In his "End of the Century" address at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in December, American Society of Association Executives President and CEO Michael S. Olson, CAE, delivered statistics that reveal the...

Renowned for its service, the Omni Rosen is adjacent to the 1.1-million-square-foot Orange County Convention Center...

Web portals are also opening the door to a different kind of association, one that Bellevue, Wash.based Northwest Venture Group Executive Director Lynn Aebi likes to call a "virtual organization." ...

Outsourcing is a familiar concept in the business world, and those of us in the meetings industry regularly outsource tasks, such as event registration and virtual trade show design, that are better handled by a specialty company. Recent Internet...

*It's been a decade since the American Dental Association convened its annual meeting in Honolulu. Back in 1989, there was no convention center. "We put a convention center roof over Waikiki," chuckles James H. Sweeney, group associate executive...

Lanai is Hawaii's most secluded island. Once the home of Dole pineapple plantations, the island is 98 percent owned by Dole Foods, which has turned the island into a private park with two five-star resorts. It's a treat for groups that have been...