"Japan? Too expensive, everybody says. But it's not true," said Bruce Kanfer of the Japan National Tourist Organization in New York. On a recent visit to Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, and the resort town of Miyazaki, there was evidence that the weaker yen...
Executing one meeting is tough enough; back-to-back meetings can be downright grueling. Auto- Owners Insurance Company took it to the extreme when it held an astounding 20 programs in a row this fall at the Princess Hotel in Hamilton, Bermuda...
When Hurricane Pauline hit Acapulco last fall, Marty Williams went into action. Williams, vice president of sales, Mexico, for Princess Hotels International, said he needed to act fast to ease the fears of groups that had booked the Acapulco...
The expression pura vida rolls off the Costa Rican tongue like a mantra. Pura Vida--Pure Life. It's an expression of happiness, excitement, and national identity. And it fits Costa Rica and the Costa Rican people to a T...
A Morristown, NJ-based firm is billing itself as the industry's first "customer conference company." After a restructuring, Pentamark now is producing client conferences and special events targeting an organization's customers...
Having had her ballot chosen at random from those submitted for the Insurance Conference Planner Premium Circle Awards, Lisa Stadler-Gander, meeting planner at Cologne Life Reinsurance, Stamford, CT, has won a trip to The Saddlebrook Resort in...
BIG BUCKS SPENT ON TRAINING,SAYS NEW SURVEY Companies are spending more than ever on training. U.S. organizations with 100 or more employees budgeted $58.6 billion for training in 1997, a five percent increase over the previous year, according to...
La Mansion del Rio, arguably the most historic property on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, prides itself on "stepping out of the chain mentality when hosting meetings and incentives," said GM Gerald Wolsborn. Coming off a very good 1997, in which...
UNITED AIRLINES ENTERS THE MEETING PLANNING BUSINESS A meeting management firm recently acquired by United Airlines plans to go after new clients among the Fortune 500. Randy Hannon, president of the Premier Group, Rolling Meadows, IL, said United...
* MDRT sets 1998 requirements. Membership in the 1998 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) will be based on a minimum of $53,000 in first-year commissions paid or credited to the writing agent's account and a minimum of 25 lives/cases sold. Also, an...
