HALLOWED HALLS OF EUROPE: POSSIBLE SITES FOR TRANS-ATLANTIC GATHERINGS.

Crain's Chicago Business | August 30, 1999| | Copyright

Jill Wine-Banks, a Chicago-based vice-president of alliance management for Iowa-based Maytag Corp., has been to meetings all over the world. But dinner at the Banqueting House at London's Whitehall Palace last year will stay with her forever.

``Pipers played as we entered a grand hall with unbelievably high ceilings and a beautifully carved interior,'' she recalls. ``I could feel the majesty of the place and imagine the English court feasting here centuries ago. I think that convening in an historical place can give you a sense of the importance of what you're ...

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