January 1, 2006 CMI
Cover Story
Squeezed!
Corporate Meetings & Incentives: Why don't we start by talking about what your biggest challenges are those things that keep you up at night? LINDA CARROLL-KING:...
Upfront
What's Your Plan?
During a Recent roundtable discussion we held with several Boston-area meeting executives, participants spoke of how their departments were under scrutiny....
News & Info
Hotels 2006: Less Availability, Higher Rates
Lodging Industry Trends should present a number of challenges to meeting planners, says Bjorn Hanson, global industry partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers...
hotel union contracts to expire
It could be a rocky year between hotel employers and their union labor. Contracts are set to expire between hotels and Unite Here, a union representing...
Don't Skip the Americans with Disabilities Act Clause
Clause: Suppose a hotel contract for a meeting does not include an Americans with Disabilities Act clause. Either the meeting planner or the hotel may...
Should Scissor and Tool Ban Continue?
The Transportation Security Administration's proposal last month to ease restrictions on items that passengers can bring on board airplanes met immediate...
Another White Paper from MPI Corporate Leaders
If the Corporate meetings world had a phrase of the year, the honor in 2005 would have to go to strategic meeting management program, or SMMP. The concept...
Not So Fast
The International Association for Exhibition Management is working to broaden its scope to include all aspects of the exhibition industry, including the...
No Butts About It
Guests at Westin Hotels & Resorts in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean will no longer have the option to smoke in guest rooms or public areas....
Meetings
Training By Numbers
What Constitutes a Good sales training program? It's all in the mix. The most effective sales training combines on-the-job coaching, classroom training,...
Meeting as Sitcom?
There's something about TV that brings people together. So, for the semiannual conference at MAC Meetings and Events, St. Louis, the company wove in a...
wasted time
Despite all the talk about making meetings more effective, workers are spending more time than ever in pointless meetings, according to the Institute...
Distracted Attendees? Try a Little Therapy
The State of Mind attendees are in when they show up at meetings has a lot to do with what they get out of those meetings. Do they show up fully present,...
Blown Bookings?
I've Lived in Orlando for 42 years and worked for Orange County for 28 years, so I have a pretty good historical perspective, says Tom Ackert, executive...
Incentives
SITE Study Explores Forces Shaping the Incentive Industry
In an Industry First, the SITE Foundation has taken an in-depth look at market forces, both within companies and globally, that have influenced incentive...
Take a Piece of Your Hotel Home
Love that dreamy pillow on your hotel bed or those sheets with the thread count that's through the roof? Wish you could have them in your house? Well,...
All Pumped Up
Last Summer, there was a small fire at the hair salon that shares a driveway with Toronto-based independent meeting planning firm Event Spectrum. It was...
when to automate
A new white paper from GiftCertificates.com suggests that companies automate their incentive programs when the following conditions apply: 1) the yearly...
Women and Recognition
Men Often Don't seem to understand or value the concept of giving recognition why they need to do it, how to do it, when to do it. They are typically...
Corporate Incentive Trends 2005
Less than a third of the respondents to our annual incentive trends survey say that 2006 budgets for group travel incentives will increase over 2005....
Sites
Corporate Meetings & Incentives' 2007 Paragon Awards
Once again Corporate Meetings & Incentives asked readers which hotels, resorts, and conference centers best handled their meetings and incentive programs...
New and Renovated Facilities
November marked the start of the expansion and renovation of the LAKEWAY INN CONFERENCE RESORT of Austin, Texas, after its re-flagging as a Dolce International...
On Location: Crystal Cruises Shines in Boston
This fall, I spent a pleasant night aboard the Crystal Symphony in Boston Harbor. The ship was berthed for the night, so I sampled its many amenities...
compare cruises
Choosing which cruise is best for you and your group has gotten easier. Princess Cruises has a new planning tool, called Searchlight, on its Web site,...
Midwest Meetings
What's New The Midwest continues to grow as a meetings destination, with offerings from world-class resorts to convention centers. In particular, there...
Last Word
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Hassle Factor As any frequent traveler knows, the time it takes to wind through the maze of security checkpoints at U.S. airports can be lengthy. You...
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