The Lynette Owens Advisory Board meets at the Inn at Bay Harbor to discuss the consolidation of the financial services industry--and to check out the Midwest's hottest new resort...

Meetings and Incentive Travel MartLatin America Latin America may not have a high profile as a meeting and incentive destination--but it delivers. That's the theme of the first Meetings and Incentive Travel Market (MITM)Latin America, to take...

ICP PARTNERS WITH PLANSOFT PlanSoft has formed an alliance with Adams Business Media, publisher of ICP. As of September, visitors to the ABM Web site, www. meetingsnet.com, are a single click away from the PlanSoft Network, a database listing...

The annual planning conference for the administrative services department of State Farm's northern California region had traditionally taken place at a conference center where staff would "get fired up, then forget everything and go back to...

New President Promotes Work/Life Balance There's no doubt about who was the most well-received speaker at the 1999 World Education Congress of Meeting Professionals International, held in July at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Convention Center...

Most planners have become proficient at using the Internet for hotel and destination searches. The Web also can be a useful tool when you need information on AV-related services or products. Here are some useful Web sites I have found...

PlanSoft Database now at www.meetingsnet.com Beginning this month, visitors to the Adams Business Media site, www.meetingsnet.com, will have immediate access to the PlanSoft Network, a database listing every North American hotel facility with 5...

FLY BUBBLE CLASS TO FIJI Air Pacific, Fiji's international airline, has introduced a new incentive program exclusively for North American incentive planners. Air Pacific's Fiji Bubble Pack program takes its name from the carrier's Boeing 747 upper...

Believe it or not, although its land mass is larger than the U.S., Australia has a population and economy that is smaller than that of greater Los Angeles. That, coupled with its first-rate convention centers, hotels, and transportation, give...

MILLENNIUM MARKETING: NOT FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY Don't miss the millennium marketing boat by thinking of it as a one-night gimmick. Use it all year long. That's the advice of Irvine, Calif.-based JNR Inc., which is offering clients incentive ideas...