Perhaps you plan meetings full time, or maybe you're a manager who's asked once a year to organize your small company's sales meeting. Either way, this guide is for you. It's a road map that will send you, and your small meetings (those with fewer...

When Business Travel Contractors Corporation (BTCC) went public in 1994, it was attempting to attract the major airlines to negotiate mileage-based fares and work outside the agency commission system. By January of this year, though, BTCC and the...

A Stress-free Meetings Destination For insurance industry conferences, there is much more to San Diego than predictably fabulous weather and picture-postcard good looks. This is a destination that boasts a mother lode of riches and conveniences...

Southern California has an agreeable climate (El Nino notwithstanding), abundant natural beauty, top resorts and business hotels, and world-famous attractions. So what can the region possibly do for an encore...

Known worldwide as a tourist and meeting mecca, Orlando is now making its mark as an incentive destination. Among the elements that make it an attractive choice for insurance groups: several world-class golf resorts, 75 courses within a 30-mile...

Picture a group of attendees at a small meeting being given this challenge: First they are divided into groups to come up with some ideas. The room surges with energy. Voices spill over each other. Participants introduce themselves and eagerly...

The American Bar Association held a technology seminar in March 1997 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston. About 75 people attended. According to the Bar's meeting planner Lanita Thomas, Charleston was chosen as the site because that's where...

In one of the most elite gatherings of CEOs in recent years, 200 top business leaders came together for the first-ever APEC CEO Summit, held in November in Vancouver. The meeting was orchestrated by Canada's Business Council on National Issues ...

Don't expect to win the title of Most Famous Meeting Planner at Grand Traverse (MI) Resort. That title will probably be held forever by Bill Clinton, who in 1987, while governor of Arkansas, served as meeting planner for the National Governors'...

Table for Two . . . with Rembrandt The many high-end incentive possibilities in Amsterdam include holding a dinner at the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch national art gallery, where your group of up to 300 guests can dine in the company of Rembrandt's most...