What if your company held an annual meeting and virtually no one came? That's not uncommon when it comes to public companies' shareholders meetings. Most shareholders have grown accustomed to receiving the company's financial updates in the annual...

The Internet as a distribution channel is still in development, according to Insurance on the Internet, a 1997 report released by Datamonitor in New York. The study found only 10 percent of companies with Web sites have sales capabilities at those...

Your mission: Select a venue outside of the U.S. for the first-ever meeting or incentive for your organization. But there are hundreds of venues from which to choose. How do you decide which one is best suited for your event? We asked our panel of...

BRAND NEW DiamondHead All Suite Beach Resort is set for completion in November in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The 124-suite resort will offer five meeting rooms and a boardroom, totaling 7,000 square feet of meeting space. It is being developed by...

Videoconferencing Techniques Videoconferences can be as effective as face-to-face meetings if participants take the time to prepare properly and follow some simple techniques. Jane E. Henry and Meg Hartzler offer the following tips in their book...

Steve Houser has been appointed vice president, sales and marketing for Swissotel. Houser, who will be based at the Swissotel Chicago, most recently served as senior director of group sales and senior director of sales, North America, for Radisson...

Planning and participating in offshore expositions is almost like learning an entirely new profession...

There are no second chances when you ship materials to a meeting, convention, or trade show. If materials arrive late--or not at all--you've blown it. The window of opportunity is slammed shut and your options are pretty limited when this happens...

IS RICHARD SAUL WURMAN the man behind the most successful meeting in America...

* The Million Dollar Round Table has announced significant changes to its membership qualifications, effective with the 1999 Round Table. The new production requirement for MDRT membership will be separated into two groups: core products and...