* The Doubletree Hotel & Golf Resort Palm Springs recently completed a $5 million renovation, updating the entire interior to a "desert contemporary" theme. The hotel has 287 guest rooms, 12 deluxe suites, and one Presidential suite; 18,000...

Barge Through America Let the good times roll with an on-board "Cajuns and Creoles" theme party on the brand-new RiverBarge River Explorer. Incentive groups of up to 198 people can take over the entire barge for an all-inclusive price...

The choice of destination was not a concern for Ken Pickle, manager of incentives and conferences at Seattle-based Safeco. "We go to Hawaii on a regular basis," Pickle says of his company's annual four-day incentive for agents, usually held...

American Airlines offers the bulk of Caribbean service, much of it through its Caribbean hub in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From San Juan, American Eagle serves many neighboring islands...

Talk about a party: 3,416 top salespeople from Sun Microsystems Inc. outfitted in 17th- century costume frolicking in the gardens of Versailles. That's right, Versailles...

In June McGettigan Partners will launch a new kind of incentive program in response to an emerging corporate philosophy and the changing attitudes of people toward their work, says Lori Martin, senior vice president/western region for the...

Warm jasmine oil dripping in your ear may not sound like pampering, but it's part of a precise and very relaxing Ayurvedic treatment offered at The Spa at Chateau Whistler, which opened this winter at Chateau Whistler Resort in British Columbia...

In the northern woods of Minnesota the Gunflint Trail offers an adventure incentive that will appeal to the kind of qualifiers for whom another beach or round of golf is just 'ho-hum.' ...

INFORMAL MEETINGS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHING TOOL? A nearly two-year study has confirmed what many in the workplace already intuitively know: More than half of all employee learning takes place in informal settings such as everyday meetings...

What is the greatest change you've faced during the past year...