HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone and welcome to 2004, the year the Romans used to call MMIV. I know there is a lot to look forward to this year, but first I would like to talk about one of the major events of MMIII, the Insurance Conference Planners...
Your company's top brass wants flawless meetings. They want efficient transportation, service so good it's hardly noticed, and an environment that, depending on the event, inspires, motivates, or fades away so that business can get done...
DO BANKS NEED MORE meeting and incentive programs to help jump-start their life insurance sales? A recent study spearheaded by the American Council of Life Insurers suggests that they do...
LARGEST, LONGEST, TALLEST, widest. That's how the new $780 million, 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2 is being touted. Scheduled for her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in January 2004, the Cunard Line ship boasts the...
FileMaker Meetings FileMaker Inc., developer of the popular database software, announced in September that it is publishing applications for business-specific tasks — and meetings and recruiting are its first two focus areas. Built on FileMaker...
During a slightly scary session on e-mail management at the ICPA Educational Forum at the Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans in July, tech guru Corbin Ball of Bellingham, Wash.-based Corbin Ball Associates, made it clear that no one's PC is safe from...
REPRESENTATIVES FROM meeting and incentive destinations were full of news at the Motivation Show at Chicago's McCormick Place in September. International reps wanted to emphasize the value they offer American groups. Domestic reps said their...
In September, both EventRebels.com, the two-year-old Ellicott City, Md.-based provider, and San Francisco — based Certain Software launched new disabilities-accessible versions of their online registration systems that are compliant with Section...
