Meeting Alliance

Robbinsville, N.J.
(609) 208-1908
www.meetingalliance.com
Founded: 1999
Leadership: David P. D'Eletto, managing partner; Barbara Jackson, managing partner; Michael Franks, managing partner

NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROGRAMS IN 2006:
70

PERCENT OF THOSE HELD OUTSIDE THE U.S.:
10%

NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED FOR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES:
54,000

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES:
15

AT A GLANCE: See Meeting Alliance Profile

Meeting Expectations Inc.

Atlanta
(404) 240-0999
www.meetingexpectations.com
Founded: 1992
Leadership: Brian Meyer, president and managing partner; Jeff Rausch, COO and managing partner

NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROGRAMS IN 2006:
Approximately
225

PERCENT OF THOSE HELD OUTSIDE THE U.S.:
10%

NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED FOR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES:
Approximately
20,000

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES:
70

AT A GLANCE: Meeting Expectations, which goes by the acronym ME!, is a meeting-planning company and an accredited association management company. About 45 percent of its revenues come from corporate meetings and 25 percent from incentive travel programs. Manhattan Associates and Vignette Corp. were among its top clients in 2006. ME! has managed conferences, trade shows, and other events in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

Meridian Group Travel

St. Louis
(314) 592-3000
www.meridian-incentive.com
Founded: 1978
Leadership: Sam Toumayan, president and founder; Michael Jordan, executive vice president

NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROGRAMS IN 2006:
205

PERCENT OF THOSE HELD OUTSIDE THE U.S.:
15%

NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED FOR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES:
150,000

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES:
100

AT A GLANCE: Meridian Group Travel is part of Hazelwood, Mo.-based performance improvement company Meridian Enterprises Corp., which designs performance improvement and customer loyalty programs and offers technology products for incentive program management, among other services. Meridian Group Travel's largest clients in 2006 included Panasonic and Siemens. The lion's share — 65 percent — of the company's business is incentive travel. Another 30 percent of its revenue comes from corporate meetings.

MotivAction LLC

Minneapolis
(763) 412-3000
www.motivaction.com
Founded: 1976
Leadership: William Bryson, owner, president and CEO; Marlyn Sjaarda, CFO

NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROGRAMS IN 2006:
70

PERCENT OF THOSE HELD OUTSIDE THE U.S.:
35%

NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED FOR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES:
60,000

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES:
Approximately
166,
with 40 in Travel and Event Services

AT A GLANCE: MotivAction's top three clients in 2006 were John Deere, United Healthcare, and LexisNexis. The company prides itself on having earned 22 Crystal Awards from the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives since 1988. In 2006, the company earned a Circle of Excellence award from the Incentive Marketing Association for its work with the Agricultural Division of John Deere on an incentive program that reached 178 percent of its sales increase goal.

Motivation Excellence Inc.*

Schaumburg, Ill.
(847) 839-5500
www.meiweb.com
Founded: 1985
Leadership: Greg Lewis president; David Jobes, chief operating officer

*Full statistics not available from the company