The executives at Westin Hotels and Resorts know how to listen, and they also know how to talk. The talk this year at the company's annual Insurance Advisory Board was positive and confident, leaving little doubt that Westin, like other major...
The Westin Flagship Westin Hotels and Resorts has announced that it will manage the first "city ship," a $1.2 billion, 2,800-stateroom megaliner that is expected to be launched by the end of 1999. Although two and a half times larger than any...
In 1992, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company (PM) dropped its even-year incentive programs and replaced them with an Educational Symposium, a high-level educational experience that also helps producers meet their continuing education...
Dan Burnstein is the kind of guy you want on your side of the negotiating table, and you can have him-virtually-for about $189. A past chair of the American Bar Association's negotiation skills interest group, Burnstein has a software product...
Here's the product for meeting planners with a little James Bond in their blood: Pencorder60. This snazzy looking (and patented) writing instrument doubles as a memo recorder, with a microchip rather than tape on which you can leave a total of 60...
Whistler Resort to Expand By December 1997, the 342-room Cha-teau Whistler Resort will add 221 guest rooms and a 12,000-square-foot ballroom with drive-in access, plus four breakout rooms and a rooftop garden terrace. The expansion will cover 150...
The dozen or so products, ideas, and Web sites on these pages are just a blip on the technology horizon. Want more? Two prominent meeting in-dustry organizations, the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and the American Society...
Regina Baraban, Editor (603) [email protected] A graduate of New York University's Masters Program in Publishing Studies, Regina joined The Meetings Group magazines in 1997, after having worked for many years as a contributing...
Meeting Candidate Network, a New York City-based executive search firm, has added a division to fill incentive travel planning positions within corporations and incentive travel firms. The division will target openings for incentive department...
