When Bill Marriott, chief executive officer of the lodging empire his father founded, visits one of the hotels that bears his name, he takes his sweet time--even stopping to pose for occasional snapshots with employees. While Marriott clearly...
MPI: High-Tech, High-Touch Meeting Professionals International's Professional Education Conference (PEC), held in late January in Vancouver is a perfect example of how in-person meetings can never be replaced by technology. A technology education...
Ben Soto has been named senior vice president at Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts. He is responsible for overseeing operation of the Adam's Mark Denver, and will soon oversee operations for two new acquisitions in Colorado Springs and Grand...
Tip of the month Planning a luncheon meeting? Consider a breakfast meeting instead. Why? No alcohol is served; minds are fresh; there's a built-in deadline (people have to get to work), and it's the first activity on everyone's agenda...
At the Newport Beach, Calif. based Lunsford Group, there's an employee known as the "Get a Life Administrator." This individual has a unique charge: "to seek out ways the company can cater to employees' individualized needs and enhance their job...
Every time we bring our readers together, they begin to swap stories about their experiences with different destinations or properties. So we launched an occasional feature in Corporate Meetings & Incentives, "Readers Recommend," where we...
Salespeople at The Men's Wearhouse face a tough task every day: convincing customers to buy something they really don't want. As founder and Chief Executive Officer George Zimmer has put it, for many men, a trip to a store to buy a suit ranks...
Daniels Summit Lodge After a $6 million renovation, the rustic but elegant Daniels Summit Lodge is open for small corporate groups. The original Daniels Summit Lodge, at the edge of the Uinta National Forest in Park City, Utah, was built in 1907...
