Searching for a memorable event for a Paris incentive program? Take your producers to lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, touted by the likes of Travel & Leisure magazine as “the best hotel in France.” Le Cinq restaurant is drop-dead...
Sonesta International Hotels Corp. has appointed David C. Fine regional director of marketing at Sonesta Beach Resort in Key Biscayne, Fla. He will oversee all sales and marketing efforts at Sonesta Key Biscayne as well as Sonesta Hotel &...
New York Life’s new meeting planning efficiency depends on its database—a tool that can be manipulated to complete just about every planning task there is. The company’s Isis Gold database performs functions in two main areas, explains Kim Quimby...
Members of Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance Advisory board — top-level insurance and financial services executives — spent 10 days in July experiencing some of Hawaii's choicest resorts and trying out the huge variety of activities...
Registration Reseller The Professional Meeting Planners Network (PMPN), which specializes in small medical meetings, has spun off a new company to resell online registration services and try to make Web registration and housing more practical for...
An imaginative mixture of education, networking, and play, the Fifth Annual Global Events Partners Retreat in June brought together 250 in-house and third-party planners and representatives from GEP member destination management companies. GEP is...
When President Bush and the other Group of 8 leaders convened in Kananaskis, Alberta, in June, the Canadian resort village promoted itself in a most appealing way. Kananaskis served its distinguished guests customized apples from Kelowna Land and...
The luxury resort Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, Kiawah Island, S.C., is slated for a February 2004 opening. The $110 million luxury oceanfront property will have 255 guest rooms and suites. Its 18,000 square feet of meeting and conference space will...
