MARTIN COUCH has been appointed director of group sales for Kiawah Island Resorts near Charleston, S.C. He previously had been vice president of sales for Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina...

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A recent report from LIMRA International (an insurance marketing and research association) found that while new insurance carrier recruits were down 3 percent as of mid-year 2002, 74 percent of the new recruits being hired didn't have any...

INTERPRETING THE TAX code related to meetings can be a daunting task. But what it boils down to for incentives is that the recipient of a pure incentive trip — one where the trip is being taken primarily for pleasure — is responsible for paying...

There were two very different sides to The Special Event show, held January 8 to 11 in Orlando. Many sessions and discussions focused on the economy — of huge concern to this industry, which has been hard hit as companies either have decided to...

IMEX, “The Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events,” is planned for Frankfurt, Germany, April 8 to 10, 2003. Chairman Ray Bloom is launching the event, which competes with EIBTM, held in May in Geneva, a show he founded and...

A member of ICPA for more than 30 years, Marilyn Sylvester retired as assistant vice president of AXA Financial in New York City at the end of 2002—but not before receiving a standing ovation at the ICPA Annual Meeting in Seattle...

THE THEME of Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference/North America was “It's all about YOU,” and that really was the mantra February 2 to 4 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center and Walt Disney World...

Food and beverage is a hot topic for conference centers, according to a panel of International Association of Conference Centers' member facility executives who met in New York City last fall to discuss trends in the conference center industry...

AS WE CONTINUE to experience a lagging economy in which meetings are postponed, canceled, or scaled back, planners and speakers bureaus are working together to reduce the costs of providing great speakers...