The Short Report - 2003-12-01
CEO Sternlicht Splits Starwood Barry Sternlicht, the executive who led Starwood Hotels and Resorts' transformation from a faltering real-estate...
Time is Money
How many of you made as much money as you wanted to last year? Not many, I'll bet. While you could certainly name the economy or inadequate marketing as...
Apple Sours on Macworld
After a year-long tussle with show organizer IDG World Expo, Cupertino, CA-based Apple Computer announced in September that it would not participate in...
Back in the Game
From 1969 to 1976, NBA standout Bob Love led the Chicago Bulls in scoring every season. He holds the Bulls' playoff record for most consecutive free...
Meetings Get Motivation Show Nod
September 17, 2003, the second day of the Motivation Show in Chicago, was officially named Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Day, the first time...
Move Over, Maharishi
Stress: It's a killer. Literally. In the 1980s, Time magazine named stress the number-one health problem in the country. Since then, stress has been...
Planning: A Classy Profession
In an industry populated by many who got their training on the job, current and aspiring meeting planners are going back to school. "More and more...
Splendor in the Grass
If you called Bruce Kaufman outstanding in his field, you'd be right -- on two counts. On Labor Day weekend, while most of us were packing picnic...