The Scoop on Incentive Trends
Patrick Sullivan, president of PRA Destination Management New York and incoming president of The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives, shares his insights on the incentive industry.
Degree Soup
As meeting planning reaches a new level of professionalism, the number of degrees and certificate programs has taken off. But will they help you to get a job?
The South-Central States Update
The region is working hard to bring meetings back post-Katrina. There are still problems, of course. And there is a stigma that may take years — decades — to erase. But every day, New Orleans and the other Mid-South communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina are growing stronger.
Events big and small are starting to return. New Orleans' annual Mardi Gras is back on track, attracting a crowd of 750,000. The city hosted the 2008 NBA All-Star Game — and 50,000 attendees — as well as the Allstate BCS National Championship and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, both at the Superdome. Of even higher interest to meeting planners, a 20,000-plus person citywide convention was successfully executed. Read more about the Mid-South States.
RCMA Profile: Heidi Jo Hagstrom
Heidi Jo Hagstrom needed to postpone being interviewed for RCM magazine. She was recuperating from a flare-up of multiple sclerosis, but to see her, you'd probably never know.
The South-Central States
There may be a hotel seller's market nationwide, but meetings are still being courted in the South-Central states, where billions of dollars are being
The South-Central States
There may be a housing crisis nationwide, but the meetings business is still being courted with downright ferocity in the South-Central states, where
The South-Central States: Courtship of Meetings Business Continues
There may be a housing crisis nationwide, but the meetings business is still being courted with downright ferocity in the South-Central states, where billions of dollars are being spent on new hotels, venues, convention centers, and mass transit in hopes of luring more business travelers.
RCMA Profile: Diane Miller
For Diane Miller, the appeal of being a meeting planner is in the variety of challenges and responsibilities the job entails sometimes, all hitting at
A Sea Dream Come True
Casino magnate Steve Wynn is known in Las Vegas for a lot of things, but thinking small is definitely not one of them. Wynn was at a February 2006 auction
Profile of Carolyn Collins
After reading this profile of Carolyn Collins, you'll probably imagine that while being interviewed she simultaneously answered e-mail, shuffled office
The Mid-South
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the business heart of New Orleans has reopened in a big way. Always known for its fine cuisine, the city now has even
Commerce U.
Picture a dramatic atrium lobby, sleekly adorned with glass, marble, and granite, featuring a cascading water wall that soars 28 feet high and a curving,
Get S.M.A.R.T
At some companies, nonmandatory training is the first thing to be cut when budgets are tight. Not at Commerce Bank. Here, training is a top priority for
The Mid-South
Slowly but steadily, meetings, conventions, and incentive events are returning to the Mid-South cities damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Nowhere is
