May 1, 2004
Cover Story
Online Auctions (2004)
WHAT DO COPIERS, ELECTRICITY, AND OFFICE SUPPLIES have in common with meeting services? Some major corporations are purchasing all these things, and more,...
Upfront
Just Ask Your Attendees
AT A RECENT MEETING I ATTENDED, people were so unhappy with the keynote speakers and some of the sessions that attendance was painfully lean on the last...
News & Info
MPI MIX to Launch in June
Meeting Professionals International signed a deal with Teamware Inc. March 1, clearing the way for an early June launch of its online community, Meeting...
jobs, jobs, jobs
If today's jobless economic recovery is hitting a little too close to home, surf over to The Meetings Group Web site, meetingsnet.com, the electronic...
NBTA Weighs in on Strategic Meeting Management
THE NATIONAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION has released its first white paper in the meetings arena. The 13-page report offers a high-level profile of the...
Think Tank for Women Debuts
IN MID-MARCH, 31 women in the meeting and hospitality industry gathered at the Chaminade Conference Resort in Santa Cruz, Calif., to participate in a...
Take 5 with Jed Mandel
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? On a beach, almost anywhere warm. I'm partial to Lake Michigan sand dunes in the summer and...
Networking in the Rockies
The summer's big meeting-industry networking events both convene in Colorado in July, starting with the Convention Industry Council's 2004 Certified Meeting...
Meetings
safe havens
What's the safest big city in the country? San Jose, Calif., according to a Morgan Quitno Press study of cities with populations of more than 500,000....
New Legislation Will Mean Closer Scrutiny of Meetings
UNTIL NOW, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has primarily been the concern of senior executives and finance officers. However, new requirements, scheduled to take...
The Book on City Guides
To make the most of your free time at an out-of-town meeting, bring along a traveling companion a city guide. Whether you're looking for museums, restaurants,...
Passkey Penetrates Hotel Market
IT'S NOT OFTEN that you find two major, highly competitive hotel chains complimenting one another on a business initiative. Unless, of course, that initiative...
Washington Mutual Listens
JUST BECAUSE A MEETING IS AN AWARD WINNER doesn't mean that it can't get better. Last year, Washington Mutual's annual State of the Group management meeting...
Incentives
Companywide ROI: The Next Level of Incentive Measurement
FOR YEARS, incentive return on investment was judged by a simple formula: Deduct the costs of the award from the increase in profits the incentive program...
East Coast Safari
You don't have to take your incentive winners all the way to Africa for a safari experience just to Central Florida. At Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom,...
travel is king
Once again, travel incentives got high marks from incentive winners in a survey, this one done by Maritz Travel Co. Of 2,100 employees who participated...
6 EXCUSES FOR NOT USING RECOGNITION
RECOGNIZING YOUR EMPLOYEES increases the likelihood that they will do good work and will want to continue to work for you. For these reasons alone, you'd...
Gift Cards: What Works for You?
Gift cards come in many flavors, but the most common for an incentive program is the reloadable card, which can be used over and over. A company can continue...
INSIDE INCENTIVE OUTSOURCING
BILL BOYD CHUCKLES as he thinks about the questions that inexperienced planners ask when outsourcing their incentive programs. One of the first questions...
Technology
Wi-Fi Is Everywhere
IT USED TO BE NEWS to report that a hotel or convention center had installed a wireless Internet system, but these days the little wireless transmitters...
CEMA Summit in the Mountains
Information technology is arguably the industry that takes event marketing to its most sophisticated level. From creative partnering at proprietary events,...
meeting tech e-guide, free
Through June, Corbin Ball's e-book, Ultimate Technology Guide for Meeting Professionals, is available free to members of Meeting Professionals International....
BANDWIDTH Boom
TALK TO THE RESIDENT GEEK in a convention center's tech support group long enough, and you're bound to hear something like this: We have the scalable...
Sites
Island Insulation
Sea Island, Ga., will host this June's G-8 summit, an annual gathering of the leaders of the world's richest nations. And while Lisa Ray, a spokeswoman...
Gaming News
The $1.1 million BORGATA HOTEL CASINO AND SPA opened in July in Atlantic City. The hotel's 43-floor tower houses 2,002 guest rooms, 70,000 square feet...
late train
The opening of the Las Vegas Monorail won't happen until sometime this summer because of testing delays. When you pay $650 million for a system, you want...
Rockin' Out in Tampa
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opened in March in Tampa, Fla., Hard Rock style, with the smashing of a guitar, Flying Elvi skydivers in Elvis costumes,...
On Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas
Visiting The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas last February, I was struck by the lovely juxtaposition of the Mediterranean-style architecture clay tile roofs,...
On Location: Las Vegas
From its sassy origins in gaming and feathery entertainment, Las Vegas has evolved into a world-class meeting destination with an emphasis on luxury....
Last Word
luggage
DAMAGED LUGGAGE As any seasoned traveler knows from experience claims for lost or damaged luggage need to be reported to the offending airline's service...
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