AS GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE, the French poet and critic, once observed: “Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” The same could be said of managing today. Every now and then, we all need a break from striving...

WHILE INDUSTRY OFFICIALS EXPECT a healthy increase in international business travel to the United States this year (see Meeting Professionals International's member survey, FutureWatch 2004), there is anecdotal evidence that the U.S. State...

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The excitement and buzz around event marketing has allowed us to overlook many of its shortcomings — specifically where it misses one of promotion's greatest strengths: quantifiability...

Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., the presumptive Democratic candidate for president, prefers Comfort Inns, Holiday Inns, and the Hotel Fort Des Moines when criss-crossing the country on campaign stops. President George W. Bush likes Marriott and...

Hotel Casa Del Mar offers 129 guest rooms, three extravagant two-story penthouse suites, presidential suites, three restaurants, and a full-service business center...

Ballantyne Resort is the quintessential urban oasis, offering all Charlotte has to offer, combined with the relaxing isolation and gracious hospitality of a Southern resort...

Over the past few years, professional speakers have been able to raise their fees amid an uncertain economy...

WHAT MOTIVATES YOUR PEOPLE? Incentive organizers can't know for sure, so they make educated guesses and fill reward catalogs with trips, electronics, appliances, tools, apparel, and luxury goods. There's nothing wrong with the system, but there is...

Shutters on the Beach is nestled along the warm sands of the Santa Monica Bay. The hotel design recalls the colorful architecture of the Southern California coast during the 1920s and 1930s...