Manitoba Gets Serious About Tourism, Meetings For the first time in more than 10 years, tourism and economic development leaders in Manitoba met to discuss the future of the province's tourism industry. A big part of the meeting, held in Winnipeg...

As increasing numbers of U.S. companies go global, meeting in Europe has become commonplace. Most attendees think no differently about hopping a plane to London than hopping a plane to Boston...

* Conferon Targets Small Meetings Conferon, the Twinsburg, OH-based meeting planning firm, recently launched a small meetings department. Designed to locate an appropriate property within five days of receiving a request for proposal (RFP)...

Fifty-three elegant Entree Gold rooms are part of a $45 million expansion project at the 342-room Chateau Whistler Resort in British Columbia. During a gala weekend in December, guests celebrated the completion of the 150,000-square-foot addition...

Although some of its employees had attended the incentive trips of supplier companies, Tire Group International (TGI) had never sponsored a trip of its own. But when Tony Gonzalez, CEO of the international tire distributor and wholesaler based in...

UP AND COMING * Detroit's casino gambling industry will be launched in temporary casinos in 1998, but by 2001, three major properties will be up and running, bringing with them 2,601 hotel rooms. The city has approved an 800-room MGM Grand, an 801...

Woody King has formed his own company, Destination Management & Marketing, Ltd., based in Columbus, OH. A 30-year veteran of the hospitality and convention industry, King had most recently served as vice president of the Greater Columbus...

Don Jaeger has been named president of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau. He had been director of marketing for the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau. Jaeger, who serves on the board of directors of the Religious...

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Corporate and association executives who are responsible for international meetings -- and designated members of their staffs, as well as suppliers representing destinations, accommodations, travel, or services...

The Insurance Conference Planners Association is an association of insurance industry meeting planners who exchange prov...