IMEX, “The Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events,” is planned for Frankfurt, Germany, April 8 to 10, 2003. Chairman Ray Bloom is launching the event, which competes with EIBTM, held in May in Geneva, a show he founded and...
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What makes one incentive program stand out above the rest? Extraordinary Events, Sherman Oaks, Calif., a recent winner of a 2003 Gala Award from Special Events magazine, put together five nights and six days of entertainment for Washington Mutual...
A member of ICPA for more than 30 years, Marilyn Sylvester retired as assistant vice president of AXA Financial in New York City at the end of 2002—but not before receiving a standing ovation at the ICPA Annual Meeting in Seattle...
THE THEME of Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference/North America was “It's all about YOU,” and that really was the mantra February 2 to 4 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center and Walt Disney World...
pillow gift (noun) pil'o gift 1. an amenity left in the evening, while an event is under way, that attendees discover upon returning to their rooms...
Food and beverage is a hot topic for conference centers, according to a panel of International Association of Conference Centers' member facility executives who met in New York City last fall to discuss trends in the conference center industry...
AS WE CONTINUE to experience a lagging economy in which meetings are postponed, canceled, or scaled back, planners and speakers bureaus are working together to reduce the costs of providing great speakers...
In early February, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Atlanta, announced that contracts signed in February, March, and April for meetings that will take place before the end of the year in its U.S. and Canadian properties would not face any...
The coyote is an interesting animal. Its dark silhouette against the moon has been reproduced countless times in movies and print. Coyotes are most active at night, and the coyote’s howl is instantly recognized and sends shivers down the spines of...