IN THIS ISSUE

Signature Drink- Green Martini

Green Martini

Can a cocktail be healthy and green? This recipe, featuring vegetables and gin grown, fermented and distilled at the Jack Rabbit Hill Biodynamic Farm in western Colorado, has us convinced!

The St. Julien...
The Nine Biggest Mistakes Meeting Planners Make

Planning any kind of event is a complex, time-consuming process that is filled with potential pitfalls. All kinds of factors, big and small, can mean the difference between your meeting being an outstanding success or a dismal failure. When planning...
Destination- Colorado Springs

Six million visitors a year seek the Colorado Springs area as a vacation destination. So is it any wonder that meeting-goers love it, too? That would explain why so many come in early and stay late...
Meet My Mentor

"Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction." - John Crosby

I’m not sure who John Crosby is, but based on conversations with four women with various levels of experience in the meetings and events...
People Profile- Kathy Fort Carty

At the fresh age of 24, Kathy Fort Carty borrowed money from her parents and bought a small company then named Destination Services of Vail. She officially started business in 1987, the same year the song “All I Need is a Miracle” played incessantly...
Dirty Jobs- Colorado M+E Edition

Every job can get dirty at times. Whether it’s letting a beloved staff member go after 20 years of hard work or cleaning up dead mice that burrowed into a hale bale at a Western-themed luncheon, there are parts of the trade that no one wants to...
Trading Places

Working on both sides of the meetings and events business- as meeting planner on one end and vendor or supplier on the other- represents challenges faced and opportunities snagged, say those who have negotiated this career switcheroo. Planners who...