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Speed, Savvy, Safety and 'Citement
by Maralyn D. Hill
Maralyn's experience on the race track with Bob Bondurant, famous race car and driver safety instructor. Turn to page 19 of the Las Sendas Life Magazine, also published in Villager and Ahwatukee Loop.

Wiesbaden, a Fairytale Comes to Life
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Arriving early afternoon at the 5 star Hotel Radisson SAS Schwarzer Bock, the oldest hotel in German (built in 1486), the first thing I did was change and go down to its traditional "bathhouse."

Rancho Cortez. . . More than a guest ranch!
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: When taking business trips, we always like to take a few extra days. We decided to venture the Hill Country of Texas, Bandera, "The Cowboy Capital of the World."

Chicago - My Kind of Town
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Chicago is my kind of town (except during winter)! It's exciting, safe and easy to get around. The new feeling is "world class."

Do We Travel Free?
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Friends and business acquaintances frequently ask us if we travel free. Oh, how we wish we did. Most of our "finds" are when we are traveling on business or pleasure and paying the cost.

Barely Enough Portuguese To Get By
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Do you need to be fluent in a foreign language to travel to other countries? No! Does it help to have a simple understanding of some basic expressions. YES!

Are You Seeing A Circle?
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: It seems like one and it just about is. The photograph of Big Ben Boulevard was taken by Everen T. Brown with a Globuscope camera. If you join each end of the photograph, you would have a 360 degree view.

For those running incentive programs, photos of your groups would be invaluable.

Something to Say?
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: "Where in the World" would like to hear from you.

Imagination, Creativity & Change
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: During a meeting in New Orleans, Ken Blanchard, author of "The One-Minute Manager" used an exercise to illustrate change and creativity.

Head for the Hills in Ontario
by Brenda C. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: One sizzling, summer Sunday, we escaped city stresses to be soothed by an English style country inn hidden away in the Caledon Hills of Alton, Ontario. The Millcroft Inn and lovely village of Alton sit on the banks of the sleepy Shaw Creek Mill Pond.

Something Different?
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Our topics will relate to meetings, incentives, extraordinary destinations, travel topics, organizational development, team building, and whatever else seems appropriate.

Pure Passion on Oahu --Ihilani Iced Tea
by Brenda C. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: When I asked the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa for their passion fruit iced tea recipe, they gave me a copy, and told me that it was published in the May 1998 Gourmet magazine.

Mexico Meetings Match U.S. Standards
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: As a 20-year seasoned meeting planner, I am more than a little surprised that I can write the above headline. Five years ago and earlier, I had several less than favorable meeting experiences in the country. Other planners I know had drawn similar conclusions. Therefore, I’ve been less than eager to recommend Mexico as a destination for meetings or for incentives with many meetings attached.

Need a shoulder to lean on?
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: You can experience the "best of the best" in destination and deluxe accommodations--without blowing your company's annual meeting budget. How? By holding the meeting during "shoulder season".

Meetings & Incentives on the High Seas
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: For a number of years, many companies have used cruises for incentive programs. Most receive great reviews. However, until recently, meetings have not been part of the agenda.

Salt Lake City - Utah
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Everything is different and yet the same--the feeling experienced on my return to Salt Lake City. Eight years have passed and many more than eight sky scrapers have become part of the developing skyline. Long range planning here is for a skyline that will rival any other second tier city.

The Inn at Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Lunch time, and we wanted to find something close to the Salt Palace Convention Center. Norm had heard someone mention The Inn at Temple Square (thank goodness). We crossed the street and ventured to the opposite end of the block that was home to the Marriott.

GLORY DAYS (Carmel Valley Mountains)
by Brenda C. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Tucked away around the corner off Carmel Valley Road, Baja Cantina Grill and Filling Station brings back the California Glory Days. Days when gas was ten cents a gallon from the red antique pumps that welcome nostalgia buffs to the bustling bar and grill.

George's Garage ( Durham, NC)
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Literally, just around the corner on Ninth Street in Durham, North Carolina, you will come upon George's Garage–a culinary delight. George, is just as delightful.

London in March
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Greeted by sunny skies and flower blossoms all around, I ventured through Chelsea in delight. Much to my surprise, it was not cold and damp, but bursting with Spring.

Take Another Day
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Our experiences have been separate, together, in tandem, weeks apart, years apart, with and without spouses, but most importantly shared through being there together or hearing about it later from each other.

Japan
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: This issue we will focus on hints for hosting Japanese.

Roses: Be on time. Accept business cards with reverence. Give yours with equal importance. Note how your card is treated and study theirs before you store it.

Knowing the Difference
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: What is acceptable in one country, may be offensive in another. In each issue, we will cover various aspects gathered from books, articles, and definitely from personal experience of doing or saying the right and sometimes the wrong thing.

The Dynamics of Team Building - L.A. Style
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: If your next company meeting is L.A.-bound, be sure to include a half-day with G.A.R.T.H. (Great American Rolling Treasure Hunt).

The Inn at Manitou (Ontario, Canada)
by Brenda C. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: An old favorite and a great value in Canadian dollars is the intimate Inn at Manitou. There are only 34 guest rooms at this casually elegant Relais & Chateaux resort that overlooks the clear, blue water of Lake Manitouwabing.

Topnotch at Stowe Vermont
by Brenda C. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: When I, walk in the door, smell the wood smoke and sip apple cider, I know I have returned to my roots. This, and The Norwich Inn and Spa (now renovated to perfection) are my top notch choices East of the Mississippi River.

Not A Spa–Duke University Diet and Fitness Center (Durham, NC)
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Maralyn recommends the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center. No peaceful pampering in this top rated, no-nonsense, serious setting.

More than 70% of attendees, including my determined partner, lose weight and keep it off.

Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa –A Top Pick
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: For years I've dreamed of experiencing the Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa. Its design and location on Florida's sunny Gulf coast overlooking Sanibel and Captiva Islands as well as Fort Myers, give it the appearance of a jewel off by itself.

Alert Attendees Require Planning
by Maralyn D. Hill
Excerpt: Unfortunately many of us have participated in meetings with the following characteristics--strange hotel beds, early wake-up calls, continental breakfasts, coffee, several hours of seminars or speakers, coffee and Danish break, and more speakers.

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