“We're in the technology adolescence. Technology will get easier,” reassured keynote speaker and CMI columnist Corbin Ball at the third annual Meeting Visions conference, held in December in Wailea, Maui. Ball was addressing a small crowd of...

Chances are, the next time you plan a management training meeting, employee retention will be on the agenda. Why? Because, according to a new survey of 39 companies by TalentKeepers, an employee retention firm in Maitland, Fla., turnover remains...

Today's office technology can make us more efficient, but it also tends to alienate. People spend more time each year interfacing with their computers than with their bosses or colleagues. Although an increasing number of workers are on ...

I had the opportunity to lead a panel at The Special Event show in Orlando, Fla., last month called Event Planners: What Keeps You Up at Night? The show is sponsored by Special Events, our Primedia Business sister magazine...

Meetings are increasingly important to hotels' bottom lines. So reported keynote speaker Bjorn Hanson, a noted lodging analyst with PricewaterhouseCoopers, at the Professional Convention Management Association annual meeting in early January...

Buffet noun bu-fA 1. a counter for refreshments 2. a restaurant operated as a public convenience (as in a railway station) 3. a meal set out on a buffet or table for ready access and informal service ...

APEX just might be the meeting industry's most ambitious project ever. A five-year mega-effort by the Convention Industry Council to develop and implement accepted practices for the meetings industry, APEX is focused on seven subjects: housing and...

Why do we automatically think “hotel” when we choose a site for a meeting? For a low-key training or staff meeting, why not consider a college or university, retreat center, or camp? “Think outside the box,” urges Charles Salem, vice president of...

Airlines and major travel agencies are embarking on a new kind of partnership, said speakers at the Insurance Conference Planners Association Northeast Chapter Meeting at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., Jan 8-9...

In December, Sanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Myers, Fla., debuted a new look for its 240 hotel rooms and suites with new furniture, a soft-goods renovation, and an upgrade to guest bathrooms. It also introduced five Elite Suites, ranging up to 2,300...