September 1, 2005
Cover Story
RIGHT THE RULES
THE WAY JOSEPH RILEY sees it, incentive programs are a two-way street. But when Riley, senior vice president and corporate sales manager at Boston-based...
Upfront
The Power of Demotivation
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF DEMOTIVATION. That's the warning of E.L. Kersten, PhD, author of the newly released The Art of Demotivation (2005, Despair...
News & Info
Will the Oil Price Spike Affect Meetings?
FUEL PRICES SKYROCKETED this summer, and the increases appear to be having some impact on the meeting and incentive industry. There's a lot of pressure...
APEX: Four Down, Three to Go
If you have ever wondered if your registration form, housing form, or rooming lists could be more clear or comprehensive, you will welcome a new resource...
CVBs to get accreditation program
Destination Marketing Association International, known as the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus until the organization officially...
Virtual Credit Card Product Aims at Meeting Market
GE CONSUMER FINANCE'S Corporate Payment Services unit has added a third kind of credit card to the roster of payment solutions it markets as a way that...
GEP Brings in Partners from Around the Globe
Global Events Partners, which represents destination management companies in 72 destinations, held its annual Summit Meeting this summer in New Orleans....
NBTA Writes 4th Meeting Paper
WHILE MANAGED TRAVEL is the core mission of the corporate travel buyers who convened in San Diego for the annual meeting of the National Business Travel...
Hyatt's New Tool
HYATT'S ONLINE GROUP BOOKING ENGINE got an upgrade this summer, one significant enough to give it a new name, changing from E-mmediate Meetings to E-mmediate...
Let's Try This Again
We incorrectly reported the price tag on a major cultural development in Texas. The new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is a $275 million endeavor...
Meetings
Take 5
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? A beach house in Bethany Beach, Del. Or (although it sounds kind of corny) anywhere with my...
Making Sense of SOX
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN a lot of buzz about the Sarbanes-Oxley act over the last couple of years, in reality, many meeting planners are finding the act...
WaMu Wins Global Paragon Award
It helps to have talk show host Ellen DeGeneres as your special guest, but ultimately it was the strategic decision-making of Seattle-based Washington...
SOX spurs meetings
The Sarbanes-Oxley act is keeping meeting planners busy. According to a recent survey by Mellon Financial, board meetings are growing longer (1.5 or two...
Six Steps to Successful Board Meetings
IN THE ERA OF SARBANES-OXLEY, corporate boards are in the spotlight more than ever and so are board meetings. Board Strategies, a resource for corporate...
A New Kind of Polo
Who said you needed horses to play polo? At the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, meeting attendees play using Segway Human Transporters and soft foam mallets...
7 STEPS TO LIMIT LIQUOR LIABILITY
YOU'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORY. A company hosts an event at which alcohol is served. An attendee overindulges, gets in his car, and drives straight into...
Incentives
KICKED UP A NOTCH: More Education at 2005 Motivation Show
THIS YEAR'S MOTIVATION SHOW, to be held September 27-29 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, has kicked its seminar and workshop program up another level,...
Food & Wine Fantasy
Picture this: three days doing nothing but sampling divine food and wine in the sun-dappled Italian countryside. In olive oil season, groups work with...
the man with the most letters
Jim Feldman of Incentive Travelers Cheque, Chicago, is the only incentive pro with all the designations available in the industry: Master Incentive Professional...
SMALL COMPANY, BIG REWARDS
SMALL BUSINESSES represent some 3.5 million enterprises across the United States. Recognition can be a competitive advantage for small companies, yet...
Online Incentive Management Makes Gains, Says Survey
A RECENT SURVEY of incentive planners by the Incentive Federation shows that about one in four respondents runs an online incentive program a significant...
Need to Motivate? Communicate First
Whether you're using travel or merchandise incentives, the best results come from effectively communicating and promoting the program's details up front....
did you know?
Fifty-two percent of salespeople who qualify for incentives at their companies feel that they have little to no chance of winning. SOURCE: Maritz Incentives...
MAKE YOUR INCENTIVE LAUNCH A BLAST
JERRY MCGEE HAS A STORY he likes to tell about how not to launch an incentive campaign. When the company contacted the incentive winners to book their...
The World of INCENTIVES
AUSTRALIA Sydney: The Whole Package IN A HARRIS POLL from August 2004, Australia ranked No. 1 on the list of countries that Americans would most like...
SPEAKER TALK
INCENTIVE WINNERS SHARE SEVERAL TRAITS: They are bright, energetic, confident go-getters, so they do not like to sit in their seats very long. This is...
Merchandise
What's Hot (Right Now, Anyway)
IF YOU CHOOSE MERCHANDISE for incentives, you're always searching for that next hot item the one thing that will get people jazzed to produce, to sell...
Sites
Resort Spas: Even More Luxury to Come
THE GROWTH OF THE SPA component within the travel and meeting industries is continuing unabated, both internationally and within the United States. A...
ON LOCATION: La Costa Resort and Spa
Gleaming from a $140 million renovation and expansion, La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., has been transformed from a faded legend into a modern...
Mystic relaxation
Those who grew up in or around New York City may associate dull school field trip with Mystic, Conn. Well, think dull no more: Tucked into the corner...
Asian Properties Come on Strong
PAN PACIFIC GLENMARIE KUALA LUMPUR recently opened ANDANA SPA, a 20,000-square-foot facility, with a range of massages and treatments based on Asian and...
Spa News
In Savannah, Ga., the 126-room MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK, a member of Preferred Hotels and Resorts, recently opened the POSEIDON SPA. At THE ABBEY RESORT...
Last Word
cruise
THEY MUST LIKE IT According to the Cruise Lines International Association, last year's cruise bookings topped, by far, all previous records. In total,...
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