Kate McGee was a young corporate planner two years out of college when September 11 changed the world. Like so many in the business — which was already struggling with a weak economy — McGee found herself laid off and re-evaluating her place in...
Marriott International spent much of its time this summer putting out fires sparked by customers, meeting planners, and even the owners of the hotels it manages...
You'd think Boston had just landed the Olympics. That's how jubilant its mayor and tourism and convention officials were at a press conference in the city's North End last week. They announced the return of IDG World Expo's Macworld Conference ...
“For independent planners, the thought of marketing themselves is akin to dental surgery.” That's how Sheila Harris, president of The Harris Group, a marketing consulting firm in Arlington, Va., puts it. According to the results of a recent Harris...
There were 1,100 of them. And they were all college interns of PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York City, the professional services organization, and they all had offers of employment with the company...
It's hard to believe that a man who spent 11 years traveling the world would trade it in for a suburban commute in Virginia. But that's what Bruce McIntosh, CHA, has done. “And I love it,” he says...
