Grand Bahama Island's The Lucayan Although it has already welcomed several meeting groups to the first phase of the massive hotel, The Lucayan (800-LUCAYAN, www.thelucayan.com) promises that the best is yet to come. "The resort will be quite...
The meetings industry continues to "e-volve," taking advantage of the quicker response time, reduced paperwork, and lower costs of e-commerce, e-mail, and industry Web sites. Now Congress is joining the e-trend by enacting a new law, The...
Just Think A General Motors executive once distributed the following memo to his division: "Before you kill an idea, any idea, let's find at least three good reasons why it can't be done!" ...
When it comes to setting a business goal, sustainability is about as long-term as you can get. But then Nike Inc., the company that's been telling us to "Just Do It" for a generation, or more intends on being the last "upper" left standing...
Arizona is a celebration of diversity, and Phoenix is its dynamic hub. The country's sixth-largest city, Phoenix offers top-notch golf at 190 courses, accommodations at five-star/five-diamond resorts and spas, and fabulous shopping and restaurants...
William Gilchrist has been named corporate director of sales for North America at Dolce International, based in Montvale, N.J. He was previously director of marketing at Oak Brook (Ill.) Hills. Gilchrist was elected last year to Meeting...
The art of using tools is choosing the most appropriate one and modifying it as needed to move a group toward its goals. Whether developing a manufacturing process or a shared vision statement, these exercises can be interwoven to create powerful...
A company that runs together stays together. Or so is the case at J.G. Wentworth. The New Jerseybased financial services company, with offices in Philadelphia and Fort Lee, N.J., sent 29 of its then 250 employees on an all-expenses-paid trip to...
E-commerce is the way of the future, but it won't replace agents. That was the consensus reached at the Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance Advisory Board meeting, held in August in Sedona, Ariz...
