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Consider this: During 1997, the Internet delivered more messages than did the U.S. Postal Service--and that load is expected to skyrocket to more than 7 trillion messages annually by the year 2000...

While writers such as Jonathan Yardley (in a recent Washington Post column) lament the passing of "cities real and gritty," people like Elizabeth Jackson, the president of the International Downtown Association, Washington D.C., champion the new...

In the Midwest, summer temperatures average in the 70s and 80s, although an August heat wave can hit the century mark. Spring lasts from mid-April through June, and fall from mid-September through early November. Spring and fall are prime meeting...

Did you know that the standard 10 percent savings off in-dividual unrestricted business fares for meeting groups was wiped out--and then some--by fare hikes last year...

Last fall, Rob Gingras, CMP, spent eight days in Central America with a wooden table for a bed. As Cigna's assistant director, conference management, in Bloomfield, Conn., Gingras spends much of his time on the road--but this was no fam trip...

Gaylord Entertainment Company in Nashville, Tenn., has appointed Jack J. Vaughn chairman of its newly formed hotel management company, Opryland Lodging Group. Vaughn had served as president of Opryland Hospitality and Attractions division...

As the newly installed president of the Society of Corporate Meeting Professionals, it is my pleasure to share my thoughts and insights with you in this column. One issue that has been on my mind lately concerns the changing ways that corporate...

Visiting Indonesia--especially the island of Bali--is a spiritual experience. Spirituality, and its accompanying ceremony and tradition, is central to the life of the Balinese (95 percent of whom are Hindu) and creates the sense of community and...

With more than two million existing sites and thousands of new ones added daily, the World Wide Web can be a very confusing place. It's like trying to find a library book without the help of the Dewey Decimal System. Fortunately, there is help out...