In February of 2011, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, approached the podium of one of the ballrooms at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Key Biscayne, Fla., where 300 senior executives from around the world were attending the bank's annual off-site conference.
Business travelers will find that the location and on-site conference rooms make the hotel ideal for a sequestered golf retreat, while the variety of recreational facilities make the destination a natural fit for leisure travelers.
The agency built a Virtual Engagement Platform designed to make off-site conference attendees feel like they are actually at the event.
Supervision consisted of a weekly cross-site conference call in which all actives cases were discussed, review of videotapes of therapy sessions, and feedback to therapists based on tape review.
At selected conferences promotional activities to direct conference attendees to the booth included pre-conference direct mailings to registered attendees, printed advertisements in conference packets or programs, web advertisements for selected health care sites, conference signage, and sponsorships.
Government agencies hold off-site conferences and training seminars for thousands of federal employees.
The move will combine 172 magazines, newsletters, Web sites, conferences, databases and other properties.
Besides investing and government sites, there are links to overseas and shortwave radio sites, conferences and publications.
Online, corporate planners can sample from a database of 10,000 hotels worldwide and their amenities for sales meetings, off-site conferences and other get-togethers.
