Downtown Chicago's newest meeting site, the 415-room Sofitel Chicago Water Tower (sister property to the Sofitel Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont) opened in June with the tech infrastructure expected of quality properties: Guest rooms with three two...
The slumping economy has had Federal Express Corp., Memphis, Tenn., doing some soul-searching. Layoffs seemed inevitable, but how could the company justify layoffs when its publicly stated values put people first...
Whether your next meeting is golf-themed or just likely to attract golfers because of the location, there are many ways to minimize the inevitable golfer/nongolfer awkwardness. Obviously, the meeting site should appeal to all attendees, whether...
Benchmark Hospitality has appointed Todd Gillespie director of sales and marketing for Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, W.Va. Previously, Gillespie was national sales manager at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Glade Springs Resort...
Linc Colby Like most industry veterans, if you ask 77-year-old Lincoln Colby what has changed the most about the business of meeting planning over the years, he'll answer simply that there was no meeting industry when he got into planning. He...
Recent research reveals that the hospitality industry is still depressed despite signs of a recovering economy. Lower demand has resulted in a continuing downward spiral in nationwide occupancy and revenue-per-available-room (RevPAR) numbers...
What’s the one thing that drives some meeting planners (especially those new to the industry) insane? All the jargon, of course! Like any industry, meeting planning is chock-full of phrases and acronyms. Enough that you need a dedicated PDA to...
A recent SITE Foundation study, the result of year’s worth of research, showed that when incentive programs target individual employees, performance increases by 27 percent; when they target teams of employees, companies can see a 45 percent boost...
