The first conference center: Arden House, Harriman, N.Y. (www.ardenhouse.com) Year IACC was founded: 1981 Number of IACC conference centers in North America: 234 Primary types of meetings that use conference centers: small group meetings...

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INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVES have always been about flexibility: Winners can go where they want, when they want, with whom they want. As this industry matures, here are the top five trends that have emerged...

Meeting Visions, the meeting-technology focused symposium organized by the Maui Economic Development Board, has changed its format. No longer a Maui-based three-day event, MEDB is planning one-day conferences called Meeting Visions Snapshots held...

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Administratively astute — Are your systems streamlined? Do you prioritize? Do you use technology to its fullest? Fiscally fit — Do you watch your cash flow and prepare and understand financial statements? Technologically terrific — Do you...

Near SeaTac International Airport between Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., Washington Mutual opened its new conference center in December 2002. The 18-acre campus of the Washington Mutual Leadership Center at Cedarbrook offers 107,000 square feet of...

Bookmark this portal site if you're considering a cruise for an upcoming incentive program: www.corporatecruises.com. The Web site of longtime meeting industry cruise specialists Landry & Kling, it offers deck plans and virtual tours of 360...

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A recent study by PKF Consulting and the International Association of Conference Centers found that conference centers — training meccas for corporate America — are actually outperforming hotels in today's tight economy...