Imagine sitting on a terrace, enjoying a cool drink. A warm evening breeze from off the water gently rustles palm trees lining a golf cart path. Where are you...

If you're anything like the senior executives Helen Wilkie writes about in her book, Message Received and Understood! (MHW Communications, 1999), that's not such a simple task for you. The Toronto-based author's thesis is that effective...

Grand Bahama Island's The Lucayan Although it has already welcomed several meeting groups to the first phase of the massive hotel, The Lucayan (800-LUCAYAN, www.thelucayan.com) promises that the best is yet to come. "The resort will be quite...

Arizona is a celebration of diversity, and Phoenix is its dynamic hub. The country's sixth-largest city, Phoenix offers top-notch golf at 190 courses, accommodations at five-star/five-diamond resorts and spas, and fabulous shopping and restaurants...

William Gilchrist has been named corporate director of sales for North America at Dolce International, based in Montvale, N.J. He was previously director of marketing at Oak Brook (Ill.) Hills. Gilchrist was elected last year to Meeting...

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E-commerce is the way of the future, but it won't replace agents. That was the consensus reached at the Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance Advisory Board meeting, held in August in Sedona, Ariz...

Tell 'em What You Want: RFPs: SHORTCUT TO SITE SELECTION Using an RFP (request for proposal) saves time and lets you quickly create a short list of properties that might work for your meeting, says Patricia Kerr, CMP, senior conference consultant...

GE Financial Assurance A Fairy Tale in Prague Imagine bringing your top performers to one of the most beautiful symphony halls in Europe, where they're treated to a private concert by a world-class orchestra. People were so moved, "they were in...

"The way we create memories at an incentive conference in Hawaii is not to put on a luau," said Rich Granger, assistant vice president, conference and travel services, Allmerica Financial, Worcester, Mass. "Instead, we look to our DMC [destination...