Your company wants you to produce a teleconference for a group of sales execs. But you know that this group doesn't like teleconferences, and that they won't be as engaged — and it won't produce the results you're looking for. What do you do...

DAVID S. KEAMY, CMP, has been appointed area director of marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Boston. He will coordinate the marketing strategies for the newly restored Ritz-Carlton, Boston as well as the Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common, which...

There's another Las Vegas, one that couldn't be farther from the neon buzz of the strip. One with a white sand beach on a crystal lake, and a grand spa featuring New Age treatments inspired by the water and desert. The new 349-room Ritz-Carlton...

City, county, and even state governments are used to helping finance convention centers because the payback to local businesses, hotels, and the economy is so great. But headquarter hotels have always been another story...

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AS I READ THROUGH THIS ISSUE of Insurance Conference Planner — which still needs a good puzzle page, by the way — I was struck by the article on family-friendly incentives. What a great deal this is for kids! It made me jealous because there was...

It was the first week in February, and Belinda Adkisson was doing a media tour to promote the launch of Portland, Ore.-based Imark Communications' newest event marketing concept, the NEXT Tech Tour. It was the same week that Key3Media Group...

Right Seat Software Inc., Golden, Colo., has added new characters and voices to its lineup of animations that can integrate with PowerPoint presentations. Version 2, released in February, has 10 new characters, including the scientist (right)...

Moments before President George W. Bush's March 17 ultimatum speech to Iraq, the show organizers of NAB2003, the National Association of Broadcasters' annual trade show, gathered to discuss the coming war and what it might mean for NAB's attendees...

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., in April adopted a resolution to waive continuing education requirements for producers on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom...