We have meetings in New Jersey throughout the year because of its convenient location in terms of sites in New York City and its convenience to Newark Airport," says Steven Strauss, president of the pharmaceutical division of Ardsley, NY-based...
During the past 12 to 24 months, some ten percent of companies have experienced the theft of sensitive corporate information from their employees traveling on business, says a new survey by Air Travel Card of 200 corporate travel decision-makers...
Over the summer, the Hawaii Visitors Bureau became the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau. The bureau's president, Paul Casey, said the name change indicates the entity's renewed efforts to attract meetings, conventions, and incentive groups...
BREAKING GROUND Construction began this summer on a new 32-story hotel linked to Chicago's McCormick Place convention complex. When completed two years from now, the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place will offer 750 guest rooms, 50 hospitality suites...
Corporate executives want not only to reduce their investment in meetings, but also to increase their return on that investment. Conference centers say they can help...
Rich Teerlink and Jeff Bleustein are sitting ringside at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN, watching the slow race. Both look relaxed in black jeans and Harley-Davidson shirts. Teerlink's feet are propped up on the railing in front of his seat...
EVEN meeting planners who are comfortable and confident with audiovisual equipment at their U.S. meetings get heart palpitations when considering AV in locations abroad. Their concerns are justified. It takes about twice as much effort and...
You have the details of your hotel or convention center meeting under contract. Yet the success of your meeting may well depend on the satisfactory performance of vendors. Let's review some of the common issues-the nuts and bolts-of vendor...
Japan's original life insurance agents were the widows of servicemen who died during World War II. In the 50 years since then, women have continued to dominate in selling life insurance. Unfortunately, this is not cause for a celebration of women...
