NEARLY EVERY insurance/financial services meeting professional sooner or later has to deal with planning some kind of golf event. Which is fine for the guys — almost 20 million of whom are golfers, according to the National Golf Foundation. But...

ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE NEW WATCH WORD for U.S. companies. Tarnished by shady behavior in the executive suite, many once-solid companies are struggling to regain the public's confidence, and a common tactic is to stress propriety throughout the...

Message from the Board ...

At the EIBTM show in Geneva in May, the Worldwide Watch presentation introduced the meeting community to a new name badge. For those following Worldwide Watch, a program that finds one innovative meeting technology product or service to highlight...

The new jewel of Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast is WaterColor Inn, a casually elegant boutique hotel designed by David Rockwell. Opened in February 2002 in Seagrove Beach, the 60-room inn adds a touch of sophistication to this unassuming...

I LIKE SPORTS ...

Each year, Training magazine names the 100 best companies for training, and, despite the economy, the numbers for this year's winners are no less impressive than in years gone by...

Mega meeting management company Conferon, based in Twinsburg, Ohio, combined forces with ExpoExchange, a Frederick, Md.-based housing and registration leader, in May to form Conferon Global Services. The deal puts Mike Goodwin, former president...

Although Perkins Coie LLP, a law firm of 450 lawyers based in Seattle, has seen tremendous success over the years, company management is far-sighted enough to know that there is always room for improvement. In 1996, the firm conducted a job...

THE OLDEST GOLF COURSE in the Bahamas just got a $4.5 million facelift, and it was unveiled to meeting and golf media under a blazing Caribbean sun in February...