If you are planning what you regard as a unique event, are the details of its execution confidential? If you are an independent planner responding to a request for proposal for planning services, would you be happy if the prospective client used...
With discussion topics ranging from the economy to site selection to retaining top talent, executives from the 18-member Lynette Owens & Associates Advisory Council met last summer at the Ginn Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Fla. “The...
As we enter 2009, we are faced with new challenges and new concerns. Wouldn't it be nice if you knew what was going to happen in the next 12 months? Wouldn't your job be easier if you knew what the future holds for the meetings industry? The...
In November, more than 160 planners, suppliers, and sponsors participated in the 2008 Meeting Masters at Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst Village, N.C. The annual championship event brings together winners of various meetings industry golf tournaments...
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, supported by MeetingsNet magazines and media, hosted the 7th Annual Meet the Greens Golf Invitational and Marketplace at the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort and Golf Club, December 4-7. Twenty-five meeting...
One of Boston’s hottest new spots, The Liberty Hotel is carved out of the city’s infamous Charles Street Jail. Following an extensive renovation of the 19th-century building, the hotel opened in September 2007 at the foot of Boston’s Beacon Hill ...
MeetingsNet magazines magazines conducted online surveys/polls of readers to gauge the effects of the economic downturn on their meetings and incentives.
During its international conference last week in Montreux, Switzerland, Site awarded the highest of honors in the incentive industry—the Crystal Awards—to 15 companies. Many of this year’s entrants faced the challenge of maintaining quality...
As meeting managers are forced to be creative, providing exotic surroundings for incentive programs or meetings closer to home, two packages are noteworthy...
