IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? Summers in Elba, winters in the Rocky Mountains, fall in Paris. This is a fantasy question, so why not? WHO INSPIRES YOU? Nelson Mandela, with his gift for walking the talk and being...
Two years after the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives handed over its management to association management company SmithBucklin Associates, membership is on the upswing, and the organization's finances have stabilized. But some members ...
When life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. And when the economy yields no jobs in your field, you find other ways to make a living. Thousands of meeting planners have done just that with the help of the Meeting Candidate Network Inc. (www...
In Mexico's Riviera Maya, the strip of fast-developing coastline south of Cancun, the 446-room IBEROSTAR PARAISO LINDO opened in November, followed by the December opening of an adjacent convention center designed to accommodate up to 1,000...
Historic (circa 1920s) Western lodge and guest cabins in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ideal for small corporate/family groups of up to 34 (in cabins), up to 100 for events. Lodge has Wi-Fi service, wireless mics, gourmet cuisine...
The elegant Virginia property offers attendees a distraction-free environment filled with recreational options while simultaneously providing planners with Westfields' dedicated conference service staff, who will attend to every detail of a...
Do you look for properties with active recycling programs? Provide attendees with information on the local public transit system? Insist on biodegradable cups and plates when using disposables is unavoidable? Offer collateral materials in a...
Club Med has spruced up guest rooms and added new sports offerings at many of its villages...
LIKE A NERVOUS PARENT, when Cheryl Frazier handed over the childcare responsibilities for the event she had planned to a new provider, she was engaging in a supreme act of faith...
DESPITE THE ONGOING POPULARITY of cruises — the original all-inclusive travel experience — corporate planners have historically been slow to embrace their land-based brethren, the all-inclusive resort. That seems to be changing...