Located at the foot of the Colorado Rockies, the grand dame of mountain resorts is an enviable choice for meetings and conventions. The 3,000-acre resort/conference center features more than 110,00 square feet of flexible meeting space, nine...
The newest of the dot-com companies to enter the meetings arena did so with great fanfare recently at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. StarCite plans to distinguish itself in the meetings e-commerce arena with a site that becomes an...
1999 Premium Circle Award Winners Congratulations to the 30 properties chosen as Premium Circle Award winners in 1999, the eighth year of our awards program. Launched by ICP in 1992, the program recognizes outstanding meeting facilities preferred...
Forget planning meetings and start creating experiences. James Gilmore and Joseph Pine have the business world abuzz over their new book, The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage. (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)...
With more than 20 years of experience as a corporate event manager, Ed Simeone, CMP, Meeting Professionals International's 1999-2000 chairman of the board, has a broad perspective on the meeting industry. He's also accustomed to change, having...
The only thing good about the past is your mother." Taking gleeful swipes at his own generation, the hotel industry, U.S. airlines, the Y2K hoopla, and anyone who isn't fully plugged in, Darryl Hartley-Leonard, chairman and CEO of Arlington, Va...
The Tropicana offers complete meeting and conference facilities set in Atlantic City, an exciting gaming/hospitality resort destination. The luxurious guest accommodations and superstar entertainment create a total resort experience...
Scott Flexman has been named director of sales and marketing for Sierra Lodging, overseeing its three Orlando properties: Caribe Royale Resort Suites & Villas; Buena Vista Suites; and the new Orlando Grande hotel, opening in 2003. He had been...
PACIFIC LIFE SETS EXAMPLE FOR COMPLIANCE "We are convinced we cannot have trips based on qualifications." Those are words that could turn traditional incentive travel on its head in the insurance industry. They were spoken by John Jarboe...
