Companies spend $8.4 billion annually on incentive travel, according to a new study conducted by The Incentive Foundation, a coalition of leading associations, manufacturers, and suppliers in the premium and incentive field...

We don't want to be the biggest--we want to be the best." That used to be Westin's motto. "It worked for 60 years. Now, we know we have to expand to survive," said Brian Windle, Westin's director of sales, resorts, in opening the Sixth Annual...

* http://www.ojairesort.com-When the Ojai Valley Inn in Ojai, CA launched its Web site earlier this year, the goal was to make it a friendly place. To that end, virtual visitors can e-mail the Inn's general manager, Thad Hyland, who personally...

The Convention Liaison Council (CLC) will create a Hall of Leaders Wall at Chicago's McCormick Place, announced Craig Smith, CLC chair and the president of AVW Audio Visual, Inc. The Chicago Hall of Leaders will be located in the Grand Concourse...

And while the agent-to-agent camaraderie was an important aspect of the volunteer event, an even more elusive bond was strengthened-the one between the home office and the field. "The most common positive comment we got [was one such as]: 'It was...

Joan Mahon has been planning meetings at The New England for 25 years, but when she talks about "the old days" of meeting management, she could be remembering just three years back--or any time before late 1995 when her department started using a...

Hosted with charm and enthusiasm by the Opryland Hotel Convention Center staff and the city of Nashville, attendees at the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) World Education Conference in July didn't just learn how to manage meetings better...

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 Hamilton (Bermuda) Princess Hotel will complete a $4 million renovation in May that reduces the pool wing from 102 rooms to 64 rooms, 33 of which are oversized with living rooms, separate shower and tub, and balcony or terrace...

The Hyatt Regency Wichita broke ground in March, with plans to open its doors in fall 1997. The 300-room, 18-floor property will be adjacent to the Century II Convention Center on the east bank of the Arkansas River. Facilities will include 12,000...