“LOOK FOR VENUES with progressive-thinking chefs in the kitchen,” urges Tom Ney, director-food marketing for Rodale, the Emmaus, Pa.-based publishers of Prevention, Men's Health, and numerous other lifestyle magazines, as well as The South Beach...
Fishing is poised to do for business what golfing has done — give groups a chance to connect in a beautiful setting away from the office...
The first product of the Multicultural Education Program — a joint effort of Meeting Professionals International and the Professional Convention Management Association — will be a toolkit to help the organizations' chapters promote diversity and...
The completely renovated OJAI VALLEY INN & SPA, in Ojai, Calif., will debut a Spanish Colonial — style conference center this fall. A 73-mile drive from Los Angeles and 45 minutes from the Santa Barbara and Oxnard airports, the conference...
Marriott's EventCom is taking catering-only meetings off busy planners' plates. And they're not just booking Marriott brands. Over the past few years, forward-thinking, cost-conscious companies have consolidated their meeting planning. Not only...
WHEN DISASTER strikes, the adage “every man for himself” goes out the window. People have a tendency to work together when things look bleak, and the reaction to Hurricane Charley demonstrates once again that the hospitality industry is no...
TEN YEARS AGO, less than 10 percent of LOMA's education business was international. Today, it accounts for a staggering 60 percent. For LOMA, an Atlanta-based financial services association, “there's no question the future is in the developing...
Even the best meeting can reach a point where energy begins to flag, attention wanes, and stress begins to build. What better way to handle those challenges than with a spa break? More and more planners are bringing the spa to the meeting by...