PACIFIC LIFE SETS EXAMPLE FOR COMPLIANCE "We are convinced we cannot have trips based on qualifications." Those are words that could turn traditional incentive travel on its head in the insurance industry. They were spoken by John Jarboe...
Centocor shatters the myth that small groups should never choose a mega-resort. With 2,400 guest rooms, 38 restaurants and lounges, 11 pools, and mega-attractions including an 8 million-gallon marine habitat, the Bahamas' Atlantis Resort could...
Xerox Corp. recently underwent a complete transformation to respond to a changing marketplace and work force. The company's program, dubbed Xerox 2000, set out to change Xerox's emphasis on doing things better, faster, and cheaper to what should...
A World of Its Own: The Lucayan Many people call it "Freeport" after its capital city, but Grand Bahama Island, just a 52-mile hop from Florida's eastern coast, has much to offer beyond its downtown area. Tourists are starting to get the idea...
Lanai is Hawaii's most secluded island. Once the home of Dole pineapple plantations, the island is 98 percent owned by Dole Foods, which has turned the island into a private park with two five-star resorts. It's a treat for groups that have been...
The Big Island is nearly twice as large as the others combined, and it is still growing. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano has spewed lava and has added more than 70 acres to the island's southeast shore. In fact, offshore, an underwater Mount Loihi...
Companies can't afford dull meetings anymore. Not according to James H. Gilmore, co-author with Joseph Pine of The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999). Gilmore challenges...
Just Think When it comes to brainstorming meetings, the more relaxed the better. Why not create an informal setting by placing stackable chairs outside the room, then letting attendees carry them in and determine the seating design...
Throw out your meeting facility guides and hotel brochures. Stop faxing or overnight-mailing your request for proposals. These inefficient paper-based means of finding and booking meeting facilities are rapidly giving way to Web products that are...
