, growing its meetings and events staff by one-quarter to 500 employees. A wholly owned sibling company to
Carlson Wagonlit Travel, which on Tuesday completed its acquisition of Navigant International, Carlson Marketing manages meetings and events for hundreds of corporations including GlaxoSmithKline, Kodak, Merck, Nortel and Saab Automobile. Carlson uses proprietary meeting technology it calls Carlson Meetings Logics, but is now evaluating all meeting tools that both companies have been using, a spokesperson said. NPG president Steve Some is now a senior vice president with Carlson Marketing. Terms were not disclosed terms.