End of an Era
Bruce Harris, arguably the single most influential person in the meetings industry, retired in March as president of Conferon Global Services (CGS),...
Fast Food
When the planner of Cleveland-based law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's partners' retreat approached the culinary team at the Columbus Renaissance...
Going All In
Even by Las Vegas standards, this is a big development: $4 billion, 5,300 guest rooms, and a million square feet of meeting and exhibit space, including...
Lose the BlackBerry Blues
As anyone who has seen a news program in the past six months knows, the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service was battling for its life, and finally was...
Mr. Sandman
Gerry Kirk is the only event planner we know who's built a career out of sand. Literally. As founder of SandWorld International, an event-production...
No Reservations
Move over, Foxwoods. You too, Mohegan Sun.
Planner Spotlight: Mr. Sandman: Meet the planner behind a Travel Channel reality show
Gerry Kirk has reinvented his career by creating sand sculptures for teambuilding events and trade shows
Short Shots
The recent lobbying-abuse scandals on Capitol Hill involving Jack Abramoff and various members of Congress have brought about an interesting...