January 1, 2005 CMI
Cover Story
WHAT NEXT?
WHILE GIVING A RECENT wrapup on the election and its effects on issues relating to travel and tourism, Rick Webster, director of government affairs for...
Upfront
It's Not All So Rosy
WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR with an issue packed with good news and there's a lot to go around these days. In our annual Incentive Trends Survey on page 38,...
News & Info
The Big Picture
TWO MAJOR MEETING ASSOCIATIONS have joined with the World Tourism Organization and EIBTM, a trade show organized by Reed Travel Exhibitions, to create...
San Fran franchise for PRA
PRA Destination Management Inc. continues to expand, opening its first San Francisco franchise in December. PRA San Francisco is the company's 16th franchise...
Growth Spurt for IMEX
IMEX IS SET TO GROW in nearly every way at this year's show, April 19-21 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany. IMEX, a worldwide exhibition for incentive travel,...
In Brief
NETWORK OPPORTUNITY Destinations Showcase 2005, sponsored by the International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, takes place March 3 in...
Hands On
PGI Shutters One-Third of Its Offices
Event management and destination management company PGI shut down eight of its 23 U.S. and international offices in December as it announced a corporate...
Meetings
Take 5
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? Enjoying a glass of wine with friends at Ristorante Tre Scalini in Rome's Piazza Navona. WHAT'S...
MPI PEC Takes a Fresh Focus
ON THE HEELS of its successful August ROI Summit, Meeting Professionals International will roll out a two-day education track, Influencing Executive Decision...
PC and Funny
What planner hasn't shrunk in his chair at a crude joke told by a comedian he or she hired? Those who don't want to be blindsided by an off-color remark...
fun in the sun
Fifty-three percent of corporate meeting planners named Orlando, Fla., as the top destination for future meetings, according to a survey by Yesawich,...
CONFLICTING GROUPS
CLAUSE: KEEP THEM AWAY FROM US Hotel will not allow any group that is incompatible with Group to book any function space or suites in Hotel over Group's...
7 Strategies for Handling Last-Minute Meetings
QUESTION THE MEETING NEED Before you jump into automatic pilot and start your last-minute meeting organization, challenge the request. Deciding to hold...
MPI PRESIDENT: Still a Bumpy Road Ahead in '05
IN 2005, corporate planners will continue to face challenges arising from the economic downturn of the past few years. While Colin Rorrie, president of...
The Seller's Season
WILLIAM YOUNGS didn't think he would have much trouble booking a relatively inexpensive meeting for his company at a nice Manhattan hotel January 3 to...
Got Insurance?
TERRORISM, WAR, communicable diseases, hurricanes, snowstorms, labor strikes . Not only can the what ifs keep you up at night, they can cost your company...
Incentives
Incentive Pros Optimistic About '05
IF YOU PACKED A ROOM with incentive industry members and asked them about the coming year, you'd be buzzing from their excitement about the business rebound....
Driving Success
As if it weren't exciting enough to earn her company's Chairman's Award, Janice Clerkin felt her heart jump when the company president announced her prize:...
a carrot a day
Picture a workplace in which everyone treats each other with respect and daily pats on the back are a way of life. In A Carrot a Day (2004, Gibbs Smith),...
CELEBRATING AT LANDS' END
LANDS' END, the Wisconsin-based clothing and merchandise catalog and Internet re- tailer, keeps employees excited throughout the year with activities...
Attitude Matters: Study Proves the Old Adage
New research on 37,000 customers in 100 markets, done by the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University, shows...
Corporate Incentive Trends 2004
THE PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL incentive program goes something like this: A 12-month campaign, designed to increase sales across the board, has as its reward...
Special Section
Corporate Meetings & Incentives' 2005 Paragon Awards
Corporate Meetings & Incentives announces the winners of our reader-selected 2005 Paragon Awards. Once again we asked our readers to choose the hotels,...
Sites
Cruises
New York-based VICTORIA CRUISES, the only Western-managed cruise line sailing the Yangtze River in China, has upgraded its ships and added a new vessel,...
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
THE RITZ-CARLTON, South Beach, opened a year ago, and I had the pleasure of discovering it in September during an educational forum. In four too-short...
meditation for meetings
Meditation has gone mainstream, even appearing on the cover of Time magazine. Now, The Regency, a Loews Hotel at 61st Street and Park Avenue in New York,...
New and Renovated
In North Charleston, S.C., the $15 million RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT CHARLESTON AIRPORT HOTEL opened in October. The 150-suite property, about two miles...
Park Central New York
WE NEW YORKERS rarely get a chance to stay in the city's fine hotels. So it was a real treat to join a recent press to the Park Central New York, on Seventh...
The Midwest
WHAT'S NEW There is plenty of convention center news. Chicago's McCormick Place West Building, expected to open in 2008, will have 470,000 square feet...
Last Word
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BUS 1. (noun) a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers, also called a motor coach. 2. (verb) to transport by bus; busing VALUE ADDED Planners...
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