Despite all the talk about making meetings more effective, workers are spending more time than ever in pointless meetings, according to the Institute of Business Technology's White Collar Productivity Index. The average worker spends 2.1 hours per...

The International Association for Exhibition Management is working to broaden its scope to include all aspects of the exhibition industry, including the growing corporate exhibitions and events area. One step in that direction was to change the...

For the 15th year, our readers have selected their favorite hotels and resorts. This month we honor the 30 top properties with our Premium Circle Award, acknowledging their excellence as meeting venues. Insurance and financial services meeting...

Men Often Don't seem to understand or value the concept of giving recognition — why they need to do it, how to do it, when to do it. They are typically focused on business objectives, such as increasing sales, and the relationships with the people...

November marked the start of the expansion and renovation of the LAKEWAY INN CONFERENCE RESORT of Austin, Texas, after its re-flagging as a Dolce International property in 2005. Plans call for upgrading 168 guest rooms, which include 16 new spa...

MARGARET MOYNIHAN, director of strategic meetings and projects for the Global Conference Group of Deloitte & Touche, based in Wilton, Conn., has learned to go with the flow. And then some. She has headed up global meeting planning at the mega...

Less than a third of the respondents to our annual incentive trends survey say that 2006 budgets for group travel incentives will increase over 2005. That leaves the majority of respondents looking at decreased (18 percent) or stagnant (47 percent...

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