Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino proved his commitment to Boston's proposed convention center recently when he helped break a legislative stalemate by agreeing to contribute $157.8 million of city funds for the acquisition and cleaning of the center...

On the flight up the Australian coast from Sydney to Brisbane, the view is remarkable, just one giant crescent of sand after another for the entire 75-minute trip. The east coast's endless beaches were just the beginning of the extraordinary...

With Hilton Hotels Corp.'s acquisition of Bally Entertainment Corp. nearly a done deal, and the reuniting of Hilton with Hilton International apparently just a matter of time, new Hilton President and CEO Stephen Bollenbach offered some insight...

Buchheit, director of travel and meeting services at Black & Decker Corporation in Towson, MD, is tired of paying ever-steeper airfares for business and meeting travel on monopoly routes. A founding member of Business Travel Contractors...

Long regarded as a place for adventure, challenge, and trend-setting innovation, and for those in tune with the great outdoors, the Northwest remains a favorite stomping ground for visionaries who like to do things on a grand scale. When insurance...

Stuck at the bottom of the customer-satisfaction barrel last year, Continental Airlines has done what no airline in the annual J.D. Power/Frequent Flyer Customer Satisfaction survey has ever done: The carrier jumped from last to first in a single...

If you're a planner in the Chicago area considering booking conventions in Orlando and San Francisco, you can now meet with one rep at one time...

Teambuilding at Sea If your sales team could use a little bonding and adventure, how about seven hours on a racing yacht that participated in the America's Cup race...

From the Ground Up In early August, the new Four Seasons Resort Aviara opened on 180 acres in Carlsbad, CA, with 331-rooms and suites. Part of the 1,000-acre Aviara master-planned community, the luxury property is Four Seasons' first ocean-view...

What are insurance trainers talking about today? We sent a reporter to the summer meeting of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators (SITE) in Baltimore to sample the sessions and talk to attendees. With more than 300 of the industry's top...