Just a couple years ago, a T1 line running in a hotel ballroom was a newsworthy event. Soon it will be nearly as anticipated as the little shampoos and soaps in the guest room bath and it is already practically a prerequisite of any property that...

*PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Mark Theis has been named vice president of the convention division of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. Theis joined the SFCVB in 1990. He held management positions with the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors...

As the saying goes, there's surfing and then there's surfing. For example, on your way from Kahului Airport to Wailea, home of such resorts as the Grand Wailea, you'll pass through the town of Kihei. There's high-speed surfing on the waves at...

In the beginning, the Convention Industry Council (CIC) put together a manual to serve as a working guide for effective meetings and conventions. And it was good--so good, in fact, that it has been considered the meeting planner's Bible since it...

McGettigan Partners, a Philadelphia-based conference planning company, has created a 15-page guide to successful user group conferences. Since nothing is really ever free, the booklet is also a vehicle for McGettigan to promote itself, but, wisely...

The introduction of Linus Torvalds starts with a call to the audience...

Aquamarine waters and year-round tropical climate aren't Barbados's only temptations to international businesses. Extremely low tax rates have attracted hundreds of companies, especially those from the information technology and financial fields...

It may be enough that Bill Inmon is known in IT circles as the father of the data warehousing concept (think of it as data about data). But for Inmon, part of being a pioneer means being a proselytizer, too. Bill Inmon believes in the power of...

After 12 years serving the meeting and event management needs of the high-tech businesses of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Meetings Plus got an offer it couldn't refuse. At press time, McGettigan Partners, a meeting and event management...

Not quite. It'll be a while before you throw the specs for your major events into the ether, choose a property, negotiate a contract, and make all your room reservations with nary a fax or phone call. But the big hotel chains, which have spent...