Just days after insurance behemoth American International Group announced that it was being rescued by an $85 billion loan from the Federal Reserve, top-producing agents were checking into the luxury St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach (Calif.), for a...
Starwood Hotels and Resort's Worldwide Global Account Director Michael Carlson, CMP, hosted the company's 2008 Northeast Financial and Insurance Planners Summer Cruise Event and Education Session July 31 to August 1 in New York City. The gathering...
Fees are here to stay, while routes may come and go. That makes air travel your biggest challenge in the year ahead.
CVB execs speak out on the economy, airlift trends, and financial and insurance meeting trends
As president of PRA Destination Management New York and the incoming president of the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives, PATRICK SULLIVAN is a busy guy. And his more than 20 eventful years as a corporate meeting planner, incentive house...
Recent airfare increases and the economic downturn are having an effect on corporate meetings and conventions. But how much of an effect? The National Business Travel Association surveyed its members twice, in late summer and early fall, to get a...
The stormy economy is throwing meeting management into chaos. If you're not canceling a meeting, you're probably planning one with next to no lead time. While your sales force struggles to meet its goals, you're still charged with delivering ince...
The outlook for meeting planning is full of change and challenge, said a panel of experts at the 2008 Motivation Show in September. Moderated by Betsy Bair, editorial director, MeetingsNet; and Barbara Scofidio, editor of Corporate Meetings &...
