Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, had just 10 days to scout the D.C. area for a facility for the Mideast Summit last October. The State Department required a venue within an hour's helicopter ride from the capital...

Congratulations once again to the 31 outstanding hotels and resorts chosen by our readers as Premium Circle Award winners in 1998, the seventh year of our awards program. Launched by Insurance Conference Planner in 1992, the program recognizes top...

Hotel companies are dealing with in-room connectivity and productivity in a variety of ways--from workstations that wheel from guest to guest, to T1 data ports for every room. Hilton Hotels has come up with a comprehensive approach that may set...

If you are planning a meeting for the year 2000, you need to address the so-called Y2K problem. In brief: Most computers cannot properly process a post-1999 date field. The result is that without significant reprogramming, most computers could...

Imagine that you want to lose weight or quit smoking, but haven't been motivated enough to try. Now imagine that your company offers you cash incentives for meeting your weight loss goals or for kicking the habit...

"Eating in great restaurants, shopping, going to North Shore for big waves, and walking Waikiki." That's Mary Charles' short list for the perfect pre- or post-meeting stay on Oahu. The CEO of one of Hawaii's largest destination management...

When a high-pressure meeting ends or members of an incentive group are about to go their own separate ways, no place offers a more complete change of pace than Lanai. With only two very exclusive properties on the entire island, both created by...

Recognition doesn't have to be formal to be effective--in fact, it can be as informal as encouraging your managers to provide timely, sincere, and specific praise to people who are performing well. Here's an example of how one manager for the City...

CLC Forum: A Look at the Future of Meetings The Convention Liaison Council brought together 200 industry leaders with some of the country's best-known personalities on the social, political, and economic fronts to talk about the meeting industry's...

Emerald green against the sapphire sea, the small round island of Kauai almost shocks you with the intensity of its colors. As home to Mount Waialeale, the dormant volcano known as "the wettest spot on earth," it has grown a deep forest canopy...