From the wilds of the Northern Highlands to the romance of the Borders in the south, Scotland is blessed with a wonderful selection of hotels and resorts scattered throughout the country, many of them with, or close to, golf courses. There's...

A combination of aesthetic appeal and state-of-the art technology won the boardroom in Medtronic Inc.'s Creekside Conference Center top honors in Presentations magazine's 1998 Best Presentation Rooms Awards. Medtronic, a leading medical equipment...

IACC Sets Strict Standards for Conference Centers Just because a property calls itself a conference center doesn't mean it qualifies to become a member of the International Association of Conference Centers. Each of IACC's 400-odd member...

As with any type of meeting, phone conferences require clearly defined goals. In the words of Yogi Berra: "Know where you're going, or you might end up someplace else." It also goes without saying that participants should be selected carefully: If...

CONFERENCE CENTERS The Grandover Resort Conference Center will offer 248 guest rooms in an 11-story tower when it opens in January 1999. The property will include 45,000 square feet of meeting space, spa facilities, and two world-class...

How has Motorola Inc. evolved into a model for training? First, there's the company's commitment to employee learning and development: Every one of its 150,000 employees is expected to have 40 hours of training a year, and Motorola University, the...

Scotland is home to some of the best and most challenging golf courses in the world. Many of these superb courses are located near some of the finest meeting and incentive resorts anywhere...

Todd Sherstad has been appointed director of sales and marketing, brand strategy, for Marriott Conference Centers. He will be based in Washington, D.C. A 20-year Marriott veteran, he previously served as resident manager with the St. Louis...

Recognition doesn't come naturally for everyone. Some managers (usually the best) systematically recognize employees when they do good work; others feel that recognition is unnecessary, perhaps even unimportant...

The Scots are in no doubt that it was they who invented golf, or 'gowf' or 'goff' as it was spelled in 1457. In that year King James II of Scotland declared that golf should be "utterly cryit doune and nocht usit" because it was distracting his...