Lively, interactive discussions on industry issues once again characterized The Krisam Group's Insurance Advisory Board meeting, held May 31 to June 3 at the 790-room Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The group of 20 planners and hoteliers “talked frankly...

Slowly but steadily, meetings, conventions, and incentive events are returning to the Mid-South cities damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Nowhere is the improvement in business conditions more apparent than in the city that exemplifies the...

This issue I would like to talk about motivation; you know, that mythical feeling of accomplishment that is the topic of 10 million books. Motivation is a constantly morphing entity that can shape-shift in seconds. The very thing that motivates...

Attorney Chris Myers on how proposed gift and entertainment guidelines could affect financial and insurance meetings.

At some companies, nonmandatory training is the first thing to be cut when budgets are tight. Not at Commerce Bank. Here, training is a top priority for all employees — 15,000 and growing. In 2006, the year the new Commerce University training...

Pros weigh in on how industry regulations are changing incentive conference planning

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Meeting June 13 to 15 at Québec City's castle-like, 618-room Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, a dozen senior-level planners discussed industry trends and hot topics at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts 2007 Insurance Customer Advisory Board. The...

On 15 oceanfront acres of Maui's sunny southern coastline, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has just completed an extensive $50 million renovation. All 380 guest rooms and suites have been remodeled, and now feature new furnishings, carpet, and...

I have always considered myself a full-fledged “beach person.” Give me the sand, the salt water, and the gentle crash of waves on the shore any day over the chlorine-scented, cement-tiled surfaces of a pool. There's no way you'll find me lounging...