Sailing requires spirit and a team effort. That's why companies ranging from Cigna to Dr Pepper/7Up have turned to The Corporate Sail-Race Challenge...

Informal elegance characterizes The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, a 261-room property perched on the edge of the Pacific in a bucolic landscape about 30 minutes south of San Francisco. With two 18-hole golf courses (both on property) and a fabulous...

The Internet is an integral part of today's meeting industry. But because the technology has become so common many professionals do not follow basic precautions. A few steps can help to make the Internet a better tool for meeting planners...

There's nothing like group travel as an incentive. That's the philosophy of Tom Phillips, CEO of Phillips International. Phillips took all his employees and their spouses and children — a total of 1,350 people! — on a Disney cruise a couple of...

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WHO'S AT FAULT when exhibitors complain that a show costs more than it's worth? Show management, for not delivering the expected audience? Suppliers, for charging a premium for their services? Or the exhibitors themselves, for failing to define...

A short ride from Montego Bay's international airport, the elegant Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica, opened in August 2000 with 427 rooms and suites. The resort's White Witch golf course winds through 600 acres of lush...

Planners may want to rethink the time of day that they schedule their critical meetings after considering the results of a Hilton Hotels & Resorts study. The study compared business travelers' actual performance to perceived performance while...

Here's a new entry in the meeting industry acronym pool: LACIME. That stands for Latin America and Caribbean Incentives & Meetings Exhibition. Parent company Reed Travel Exhibitions, which also organizes EIBTM in Barcelona, is working with...

AVAYA IS A SURVIVOR. The Basking Ridge, N.J. company, which designs, builds, and manages corporate networks, has outsmarted the competition, outlasted the dot.com implosion, and outmaneuvered the field...