Corporate use of incentives in 1997 mirrors the country's upward economic trend. Thirty-six percent of Corporate Meetings & Incentives readers will spend more on incentive travel this year than they did last year, and nearly one quarter will...
I've rebuilt this hotel three times," says James Costello, architect and builder of the 290-room Renaissance Grand Beach Resort, St. Thomas, USVI. "I hope this time is the charm." With 204 low-rise rooms set into a hillside above the bay, the new...
George Perkins is convinced that the insurance industry's incen- tive vehicle needs fixing, and for the past couple of years, he's been tinkering under the hood...
In June, the Society of Corporate Meeting Professionals had one of its most successful Spring Conferences ever. Our theme, "Hands On Quality," came to life in every session and event during our four-day meeting in Marina del Rey, CA...
There's a haunting sense of place in South Africa that is entirely different from the West, but with a modern and smooth-running tourism infrastructure. It's also more accessible than ever before, since South African Airways (SAA) added an...
Toronto is a modern, cosmopolitan city that somehow manages to combine a laissez-faire attitude with a very low crime rate. But those characteristics do more than make the city eminently livable; they also provide a hospitable context for Toronto...
The underlying message from attendees at the first-ever METCON, the Meetings and Exhibitions Technology Conference, held in Rosemont, IL in April, was the desperate need for industry-wide technology standards. Attendees and panelists at the second...
JUST OPENED In May, Portland, OR's new Fifth Avenue Suites Hotel opens downtown with 82 guest rooms, 135 550-square-foot suites, and four grand suites. The property is being constructed in the 1912 Lipman Wolfe building, most recently a department...
The mood at the opening ceremonies was jubilant as EIBTM (the European Incentive & Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition) celebrated its tenth anniversary in Geneva in May. From 3,000 attendees ten years ago to 7,000 today, from 360...
