Unity--an admirable meeting theme and goal. How to make it happen? Lots of hard work. Lynne Scheueler, meetings manager at the Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa, describes what corporate executives hope to accomplish at the 1999...
Atlantic City is maturing as a destination, and as a result, is drawing more corporate meetings and incentive groups, according to Marshall E. Murdaugh, executive director, Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority...
Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR) has just purchased the Stoneham Ski Resort. Located 20 minutes from Quebec City, the resort is the third-largest ski area in the province. RCR plans to coordinate the investment of more than can$200 million in...
Craig Jacobs has been appointed director of sales and marketing at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, Calif. He had served as vice president, western region, for the Plasencia Group, a hotel transactions and consulting company...
The Boca Raton (Fla.) Resort & Club invited 30 female insurance meeting planners to the resort in August for its eighth annual All-Girls Weekend, cosponsored by Continental Airlines. "The focus of the weekend has always been to build...
Teambuilding, Cowboy Style Round up your attendees for some riding and roping that will leave them with an authentic taste of the Old West. The Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz., now offers the ultimate American Frontier experience--a...
When Eric Lake was a kid and asked his mother the meaning of a word, she used to tell him to pull a dictionary off the shelf and look it up. According to Lake, kids these days have it easier than he did. "Now you can do a simple search on Yahoo to...
The 1999 Meetings Outlook Survey, conducted by Meeting Professionals International and the American Society of Association Executives, reveals that 22 percent of corporate meeting planner respondents expect to hold more meetings in 1999 than they...
Here's a new hot spot in Old Quebec: The newly opened Bellissimo Bistro features Mediterranean cuisine, paella, panini, and one of the most popular sushi bars in the quarter. For more information about the restaurant, call (418) 694-7979.
"I'm always taking charge of events, even in my personal life," says Pamela Ryan. Her personality has propelled her up the corporate ladder: At 27, she is a one-woman department in charge of planning 35 meetings a year for CCH Legal Information...
