When officials at Playworld Systems Inc., decided to hold the company's annual sales meeting in New Orleans, they wanted to do more than give the hurricane-ravaged city an economic boost. They wanted to give back with their hands and hearts, too...

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Money may make the world go round, but if you want your people to strive higher, rather than just round and round, try offering something other than money to motivate them. So says new research from the Forum for People Performance Management and...

While the seller’s market is undoubtedly here to stay for a while, Lodging Econometrics’ mid-year report is forecasting increasing growth in new hotel inventory, up to a 2.8 percent increase in gross supply by 2008. More than 1,000 new hotels...

As of September, all U.S. and Canadian Marriott International properties--including the more than 2,300 facilities in the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, Fairfield Inn, TownePlace...

Enjoying its largest turnout ever, Meeting Professionals International welcomed more than 3,600 attendees to its World Education Conference in Dallas, its headquarters city, July 9 to 11...