Get ready to factor in a new charge on guest folios at some resorts: the daily service fee. While it may sound like one more aspect of the seller's market squeeze, resort staffers say they instituted the fees to help, not hurt...
If your meeting agenda calls for a visit to the Mall of America outside Minneapolis, you should know that the green flag is waving at the Silicon Motor Speedway interactive entertainment center...
Last April, Curacao was the site for an incentive group of 250 attendees from Northern Life Insurance Company of Seattle, a group that took advantage of the island's warm and clear waters to enjoy some snorkeling and scuba diving. "Curacao was a...
For meeting executives, it's not whether unexpected challenges will arise, it's when--and how well can they be managed once they do. At the outset of a recent promotional campaign, Carol Rice, manager, recognition and conference planning for...
When you make a site inspection trip to the Acapulco Princess, leave behind the beach and sun for a little while and head underground. In the beehive of broad service corridors that wend below the five free-form pools and 1,019 guest rooms of this...
John Dodd has played a lot of golf courses. The coordinator at Northville, MIbased FPS Training, which develops and plans training programs for major companies such as Ford and Chrysler, was a participant in this year's inaugural Boyne Classic...
* AMMC Forms Industry Council The Alliance of Meeting Management Consultants (AMMC) recently formed an Advisory Council to foster communication between suppliers and AMMC members (independent meeting managers). Named to the council: Nunzio Cernero...
Few destinations so skillfully blend their natural and man-made attributes as Arizona. There is the beauty of the desert, the constancy of the sunshine, the marvel of the Grand Canyon. But Arizona also has among the nation's most acclaimed resorts...
There are 98 hotels around the world under the Summit International Hotels banner, and three of its English gems are well worth a look. A one-and-a-half-hour ride southwest from London's Heathrow is Bath, the lovely city on a hill that conjures up...
