COSTA RICA, a tiny country nestled between Nicaragua and Panama, has become a highly regarded destination for meetings and incentive travel programs. Unless you have been there, you might ask, “Why Costa Rica?” ...

High-Tech Center in Australia's Outback About 130 delegates and journalists from all over the world attended the Australian Tourist Commission's Dreamtime trade event from September 14 to 18 at the newly opened Alice Springs Convention Centre in...

Humans are social animals. We love to mingle at meetings and trade shows, to network and share ideas...

It is amazing to me that through all my years in this business, it seems as if almost every meeting planner has developed a personal relationship with the CEO of his or her company...

Last fall, when Michael Key, CMP, canceled a meeting in Cancun at the last minute (it was scheduled for the week after September 11) American Airlines refunded his company's money. Another carrier didn't. “American was very good to us,” says Key...

While most of the travel industry struggled to stay profitable this year, cruises have never been more popular. Shrewd pricing and quick redeployment moves seem to have increased the appeal: According to the Cruise Lines International Association ...

We came — to the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center at Duke University, Durham, N.C., for a leadership conference. We saw — a beautifully appointed, compact, exquisitely run center that was a perfect fit for serious, round-the-clock...

Barcelona has been chosen as the venue for the 17th EIBTM (European Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition), to take place November 30 to December 2, 2004 and the following four years. EIBTM has been held since its inception in 1988...

Meeting at the newly renovated Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, a group of insurance conference planners and KSL Resorts representatives spent two and a half days in early October discussing industry issues and KSL developments. Participants...

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