Just 45 miles north of San Francisco, The Lodge at Sonoma (www.thelodgeatsonoma.com), a Renaissance Resort & Spa, sits in the heart of California's wine country. During my two-day stay, I tasted more than a dozen local wines introduced by Gen...

The newly renovated Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center is IACC-certified and offers certified meeting planners many meeting package options, an in-house technology department, extensive audiovisual aids, and an array of recreational...

Not long ago, Marybeth Roberts took a ride from Amgen's office in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to Santa Monica to check on a meeting she was overseeing. It wasn't because of a lack of confidence in the supplier hired to run the meeting, or to put out a...

It is June 24, the last day of our family reunion at Walt Disney World and on The Disney Wonder cruise ship. Interspersed with the unforgettable Disney memories, we have survived delayed flights, temper tantrums, a lost (and happily, found) driver...

Toys at Meetings ...

“Initially, clients like the novelty of graphic recording, but once they actually experience it, they see the value of it,” says Charles Alday, president, Alday Consulting Services, a Kennesaw, Ga. — based performance consulting firm...

The Popular Advice to “never make assumptions” is being put into practice by several companies that are using Maritz Travel Inc.'s new Web-based research tool, Travel Insight. Introduced at last fall's Motivation Show, Travel Insight surveys...

Lessons in Learning ...

Hybrid vehicles save you money on gas, which is good when prices are topping $3 a gallon. But here's another benefit: If you drive a hybrid vehicle to Kimpton's Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge or its Onyx Hotel in Boston, you are eligible for the Green...