contents Special Sections


70 CityFiles: South & Mid-Atlantic At-a-glance profiles of desti- nations welcoming groups. 70 Charlotte 71 Myrtle Beach 72 Virginia Beach Jennifer N. Dienst


81 Incentive Meetings Destinations and venues that make the reward worth the effort. 82 VISIT FLORIDA 84 The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa


86 Miami and the Beaches 88 Tulalip Resort Casino 90 Ireland 92 Cancun 94 IBEROSTAR Cancún 96 Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun Resort & Spa


98 Palace Resorts Jennifer N. Dienst


Departments


15 Plenary The Corporation for Travel Promotion, almost under the knife. Pre Con: Pesticide Stewardship Conference. Post Con: NCMAWorld Congress. Plus: Convene On Site; Delta goes pink; Mid- west Haunters Convention; pharma money; the guy behind India’s first CVB.


63 104


10_11 People & Processes 37


Are Bite-Sized Session For- mats a Good Idea? Dave Lutz, CMP


Innovative Meetings 38 The Shock ofthe New Barbara Palmer


Giving Back 40


‘We Can’t Not Do Something in New Orleans’ Christopher Durso


Leading Learning 42 Feed Their Minds JeffreyCufaude


Other Duties as Assigned 104


Trash or Treasure? Feborah M. Dixon, CMP


Also in This Issue Comments 6


Behind the Scenes 8 To the Point 10 PCMA Today 12


PCMA Planner’s Notebook 14


Advertiser Index 102


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