I found the Alps to be a wonderful balm on a press trip to Switzerland shortly after September 11. The comfortable embrace of our host hotels, the 168-room Palace Luzern and the 212-room Victoria-Jungfrau, provide a sweet haven for international...
If you want me at the meeting, you'll have to fly me in privately,” two board members told corporate execs after 9/11. In response, the company gave each of the jittery board members a sort of debit card, worth 25 hours of flying time on a private...
Chris Reed, vice president of corporate strategy for Centra Software, a Lexington, Mass.-based maker of e-learning tools, says that his company's first “Blended E-Learning Conference,” in July 2001, drew more than 2,500 attendees to the three-day...
Besieged by a weakened economy and a national tragedy, many planners have been left with reduced budgets. While everyone's hopeful about 2003, here's what you can do to keep production value up while budgets are down in 2002...
Underneath Vermont's bucolic beauty beats a business-friendly heart, and nowhere can it be heard more clearly than at the Stoweflake Conference Center and Resort in scenic Stowe. Now the state's largest conference center — and the only one that's...
The cutting is far from over when it comes to travel expenses. According to a recent survey of more than 220 travel managers, conducted by the National Business Travel Association, 74 percent of U.S. companies will continue to seek out new travel...
The National Conference Center, Lansdowne, Va., has completed a $29 million renovation. The property includes 950 upgraded guest accommodations, 250 meeting rooms, test labs, and a conference hall. All guest rooms, including 78 new Executive Club...
EIBTM 2002, to be held May 21 to 23 at the Palexpo Exhibition Center in Geneva, Switzerland, will hold a brand-new education program covering topics such how to create a request for proposal and issues surrounding the VAT (value-added tax). For...
