The room is warmly lighted and filled with card tables covered with checked tablecloths, on which are large sheets of drawing paper, cups of crayons and markers, and small vases of flowers. You're asked to sit four to a table, and after some...

When Alice in Wonderland came to a fork in the road, she asked the Cheshire Cat, “Which road shall I take?” The cat replied, “It depends on where you want to go.” ...

AS YOU READ through this issue about exotic locales like Switzerland and Tahiti, let me throw another meeting destination into the mix: Consider my hometown, Downers Grove, Ill. In my highly transitory business, I could live anyplace I can park my...

WHILE JUST 16 PERCENT of the 270 organizations participating in the Benchmarking Service for the American Society for Training and Development's most recent state-of-the-industry report fell into the finance/insurance/real estate (FIRE) category...

VICENTE M.A. PINA, CLU, ChFC, FLMI, LLIF, a senior consultant in the Training and Development Department of LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn., an insurance marketing and research association, has noticed some changes in training trends in both...

It's close, it's always balmy (with a year-round average of 85 degrees), and it's exploding with hotel development. Puerto Rico is a flexible, tropical destination for corporate events of any size...

Looking for cost-saving tips? Look no further than fellow meeting planners...

It was just a single finding from a recent Meeting Professionals International survey — but it spoke volumes: “Independent planners will have the largest budgets in 2003, with an average of more than $4.8 million in annual spending, nearly $800...

The research, conducted by Stanford University associate professor Chip Heath, found that managers are not as good at judging what motivates their employees as they think they are. In one test, Heath asked 25 managers of a Citibank call center to...

Earlier this month, the World Tourism and Travel Council joined with the International Institute for Peace through Tourism to host the second annual Global Summit on Peace through Tourism in Geneva, Switzerland. IIPT President Louis D’Amore...