Whether your next meeting is golf-themed or just likely to attract golfers because of the location, there are many ways to minimize the inevitable golfer/nongolfer awkwardness. Obviously, the meeting site should appeal to all attendees, whether...
Benchmark Hospitality has appointed Todd Gillespie director of sales and marketing for Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, W.Va. Previously, Gillespie was national sales manager at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Glade Springs Resort...
EventSource, a major player in the online RFP arena, has been renamed and rebranded as an online auction. ProcurePoint Travel Solutions Inc., based in Sausalito, Calif., the new name of EventSource, has introduced a suite of products called...
The Sofitel Washington D.C., with 237 guest rooms and suites, is slated to open in June in the heart of Washington's business district. The hotel, a restored 1920s office building, is within a five-minute walk of the White House. The 8,200 square...
When the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Meeting Professionals International asked me to speak about my success story at a meeting in May, it caused me to think about how I had just experienced two very successful months at Hinton & Grusich. This...
The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives has completed a comprehensive study on the link between incentives, motivation, and performance in the corporate workplace. The SITE study, conducted over the course of a year, found that incentives...
Today's been-there, done-that travelers crave new experiences. In the last six years, adventure travel has grown 6 percent to 8 percent annually, according to the Salina, Colo.-based Adventure Travel Society — and 82 percent of the respondents in...
The financial services industry, like the rest of the business world, has gotten back to the daily routines of conducting commerce. Since September 11, however, there's been a sea change in people's priorities as to how they're conducting their...
