Networking with Earplugs After airing meeting planners' gripes for the past several issues, I decided, as the news editor, to take my turn. At a recent industry meeting, I attended a luncheon billed as a networking event--where, as at too many of...
Lanai has changed from the Pineapple Island of the Dole family to a secluded isle best known for its superb golf and outstanding two resorts: the Lodge at Koele and the Manele Bay Hotel. Accessible by boat from Maui, Lanai is part of Maui County...
Sue Ann Capizzi, MBA, has been named chief operating officer, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Deerfield, IL. She was previously president of the National Center for Advanced Medical Edu cation in Chicago and is a past executive of the...
From the inception of Medical Meetings' Merit and Distinction Awards in 1988 to the present, Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites properties have won numerous M&D awards. In fact, over the past decade, the five 1997 Marriott winners have...
Against a backdrop of Haleakala, the world's largest dormant volcano, picture-perfect waterfalls plunge into glistening pools, majestic mountains beckon with little-known tropical trails, and the sun-drenched beaches exert their mighty pull on 2.5...
The big news at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Management & Technology Conference, held December 7 to 9 at the Baltimore Convention Center, was the announcement of the ASAE/Microsoft Technology Alliance Program. The...
Even in 1916, writer W. Somerset Maugham called Honolulu "the meeting place of east and west." Today, Honolulu is the only U.S. financial center where investment managers can communicate during the same business day with New York and the Far East...
Association Notes One more word on medical associations and their relationships with for-profit organizations: In December, the American Medical Association (AMA) declared a moratorium on all corporate arrangements involving the AMA name and logo...
The Convention Liaison Council (CLC) has taken the first step toward developing industry standards or recommended practices in the meetings, convention, and exposition industry by authorizing the hiring of a consultant with expertise in technology...
Brand New In Cambridge, MA, the 210-room University Park Hotel at MIT topped out in September. The property, which is scheduled to open next summer, offers the Executive Conference Center on its third floor, with a business center and 15,500...