And while the agent-to-agent camaraderie was an important aspect of the volunteer event, an even more elusive bond was strengthened-the one between the home office and the field. "The most common positive comment we got [was one such as]: 'It was...

Joan Mahon has been planning meetings at The New England for 25 years, but when she talks about "the old days" of meeting management, she could be remembering just three years back--or any time before late 1995 when her department started using a...

Hosted with charm and enthusiasm by the Opryland Hotel Convention Center staff and the city of Nashville, attendees at the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) World Education Conference in July didn't just learn how to manage meetings better...

McGettigan Partners didn't intend to be in the software business--and it wasn't competition from a software company that pushed the meeting management firm in that direction. In fact, explains Mark Jordan, director of marketing for McGettigan, the...

WHETHER you're about to join the rush of traffic on the information superhighway or have already hit the electronic road, there are legal potholes to watch for as you travel online...

A low-cost commuter airline has set its sights on the mid-Atlantic market, with hopes of a take-off by early spring. The airline, to be called Shuttle America, plans to serve secondary airports such as New Haven, CT; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore...

American Airlines has renewed its focus on the insurance market, naming a national sales manager--Dennis Tucker--to the industry, and reemphasizing its First Call program for group and meeting travel...

Evy Garcia speaks both Spanish and English fluently. But this summer she was working hard to add some German to her repertoire. Garcia, second vice president, advertising and international relations, for Pan-Am-erican Life Insurance Company, was...

Like many insurance organizations, Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), based in Appleton, WI, has been talking about incorporating a community service project into an agent conference for a long time. And, like many of those that have turned that...

Enthusiastic golfers revere California's Monterey Peninsula as a holy land of their sport. This summer, Lynette Owens & Associates (LOA) brought its Insurance Advisory Board to this West Coast mecca for its sixth annual summer meeting, and...