The MGM Grand is set on 115 acres in the heart of Las Vegas on the world-renowned Strip. The resort features a 171,500-square-foot casino, world-class entertainment, fine restaurants, and a 380,000-square-foot conference center with indoor and...
If you're a meeting professional in the United States with a salary just north of $60,000, consider yourself on target. According to the 2002 Salary Survey conducted by Meeting Professionals International, the average U.S. planner will earn $60...
Shortly after Aid Association for Lutherans in Appleton, Wis. announced it was merging with Lutheran Brotherhood in Minneapolis in June 2001, two computer-based videoconferencing rooms were set up in each location. “We thought this was adequate to...
Set on the famous four corners at Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, the casino resort's high-rise towers hide 15 acres of Caribbean-style water playground and tropical gardens. Convenient meeting space overlooks the gardens, and a grand...
Bellagio offers more than 125,000 square feet of meeting space in a beautiful Italian-themed resort on the famed Las Vegas Strip. Available to groups from 10 to 5,000 are state-of-the-art technical services, exquisite guest accommodations...
Vienna's newest incentive venue is the vast Museum Quarter complex. Its central building, the Kunsthalle, was, in the 18th century, the royal stables. Refurbished and expanded, it now presents contemporary art exhibits and cultural festivals, and...
To commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee this year, many of London's historic Royal palaces and landmarks are opening their banquet halls and staterooms to groups...
Today's been-there, done-that travelers crave new experiences. In the past six years, adventure travel has grown 6 percent to 8 percent annually, according to the Salina, Colo.-based Adventure Travel Society. But while most people think of such...
San Diego has long since shed its reputation as that sleepy Navy town just north of Tijuana, but meeting planners who haven't visited recently might be surprised at just how far it has come. There's great theater, and the classical music scene is...
New management at The Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, will mean a $35 million renovation and expansion as well as a major connectivity upgrade. Benchmark Hospitality, which has taken over the property from Hilton, is...
