Heading South

If countries in Latin America aren't at the top of your short list for meetings, maybe they should be. “There are some great advantages to meeting in Latin America,” says Eli Gorin, CMP, owner of gMeetings, Aventura, Fla., a meeting management firm specializing in meetings in Latin America. “Some good reasons to meet there include the cost, which can be a fraction of a meeting in the U.S.; the distance, which is comparable to traveling to a European city, and the quality of the hotel product.