As he planned a June 2007 Allstate Insurance Co. incentive trip to the Caribbean, Mark Mosley thought long and hard about his group's flight arrangements. His final conclusion: Between the sky-high fares and the many inconveniences now associated...

It seemed a pretty straightforward proposition...

Looking for that special spa experience for your small group? Check out www.spafinder.com/Spas/groupspecials. Spa Finder has partnered with facilities in its network to offer special discounts at facilities across the country and beyond U.S...

With all the press lately about the virtues of chocolate, what better time to try a chocolate tasting? Few people realize that chocolate has more than 100 flavor components — twice as many as wine, says Suzanne Oakley, founder of Boston-based...

It's always fun to see your photo materialize from a Polaroid, but it's much more fun to see it printed on a chocolate bar...

As a 25-year veteran of the pharmaceutical meetings industry, Carol Krugman, CMP, CMM, is familiar with the perception that many meeting professionals have of event marketing — that it's about glitz and parties and that it's not their bailiwick...

Think it's possible to save thousands of dollars on your food and beverage budget? Think higher. In a session at Meeting Professionals International's recent Professional Education Conference in New Orleans, presenter Janet R. Pickover, CMP, told...

“Globalization” was the watchword at Meeting Professionals International 2007 Professional Education Conference in New Orleans late January...

Look out for Apple's iPhone, a combination mobile phone, widescreen iPod, Internet device for reading e-mail and Web pages, camera, and more. It's got the slick look of a nano, an innovative user interface, and is sure to top the charts as an...

On February 1, the FICP board of directors, together with the Hospitality Partners Committee held a strategic planning session at the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, S.C. The purpose of the meeting was to get the Board and HPC to engage in...