As soon as we announced Australia as the conference site, excitement was high," says Jill Stoffield, meeting/ conference planner at Brookfield, WI-based HPS Select Brokerage Services, "but to keep that charge going, we needed a strong promotional...

Set in Austria's Tyrol region, amid breathtaking mountain scenery, Innsbruck is a town that can work beautifully for both meetings and incentives. Sited on the banks of the River Inn (Innsbruck means "Inn's bridge") and surrounded by the Tyrolean...

As the Incentive Federation Study (see previous page) shows, the majority of companies have yet to try incentive programs. The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) hopes to change that with a new self-study course aimed at...

McGettigan Partners didn't intend to be in the software business--and it wasn't competition from a software company that pushed the meeting management firm in that direction. In fact, explains Mark Jordan, director of marketing for McGettigan, the...

* The 380-room Four Seasons Hotel Toronto is offering a winter package for groups booking the property between December 1997 and March 31, 1998. A group booking ten or more rooms gets superior guest rooms for $135 a night (all figures in U.S...

* Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites recently named its first corporate director of convention and meeting services. He's Sam Bonfe, formerly the senior director of catering standards for Marriott International in Washington, DC. Still based in...

Two thirds of the affiliates in the Mr. Meeting Network conducted 1,139 events in 1996--an estimated $31 million in billings--according to John E. Kelly, founder and president of the Jenkintown, PA based organization. (The final third had not...

Say "Orlando," and what comes to mind? Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney World, MGM Studios, Universal Studios, Sea World, restaurants, shopping, golf, tennis, professional sports...

The Winnipeg Convention Centre has opened a new Executive Conference Centre, which encompasses a boardroom that seats 12 at the table and ten around the periphery. The room features a videoconferencing system, special microphones for echo-free...

Delta Hotels and Resorts and Air Canada have announced a marketing agreement whereby business travelers staying at any of Delta's 29 properties in North America and Asia will earn points in Air Canada's frequent-flyer program. For more information...