I could write a novel on the subject of working with speakers bureaus. Here are the questions I hear most often about how we work...

Congratulations once again to the 31 outstanding hotels and resorts chosen by our readers as Premium Circle Award winners in 1998, the seventh year of our awards program. Launched by Insurance Conference Planner in 1992, the program recognizes top...

Hotel companies are dealing with in-room connectivity and productivity in a variety of ways--from workstations that wheel from guest to guest, to T1 data ports for every room. Hilton Hotels has come up with a comprehensive approach that may set...

If you are planning a meeting for the year 2000, you need to address the so-called Y2K problem. In brief: Most computers cannot properly process a post-1999 date field. The result is that without significant reprogramming, most computers could...

"What people conjure up to be Hawaii is really Maui," says Barry Tomlinson, meetings executive from Optimum Travel in Montreal. With its swaying palm trees, warm waters, and tropical appearance, Maui symbolizes the best of the Hawaiian Islands...

Marriott's Evergreen Conference Resort One Lakeview Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30086 Phone (770) 879-9900 Fax (770) 413-9052 www.evergreenresort.com Director of Sales Keith Kehl ...

Town and Country Resort & Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North San Diego, CA 92108 Phone (619) 291-7131, (800) 772-8527 Fax (619) 291-3584 www.towncountry.com ...

Opryland Hotel 2800 Opryland Drive Nashville, TN 37214 Phone (615) 871-5824 Fax (615) 871-5843 ...

Spy Story How do you hold the attention of agents over an 18-month qualifying period? How about two kickoffs? In essence, that's what London Pacific Life & Annuity did with its promotion of the company's 1999 Convention in Cannes and Monte...

If Marriott has seemed rather lax in its attention to the insurance market over the past few years, the hotel company is getting serious again. Symbolic of that renewed focus, Mike Murphy, national director of insurance sales, hosted an insurance...