May 1, 2006 CMI
Cover Story
Motivating the Middle
When T-Mobile began its Get More campaign four years ago, executives at the Deutsche Telekom's U.S. subsidiary knew that it would take more than flashy...
Upfront
Don't Ignore Your Biggest Asset
Why do so many sales incentives target the same small group of high performers and completely miss the middle? That's the topic of this month's cover...
News & Info
PEC-Europe Marks a Year of Growth
Meeting Professionals International's March Professional Education Conference-Europe in Davos, Switzerland, marked the culmination of a year of growth...
New Directions for MPI
As Meeting Professionals International prepares to head into the next few years under a new, yet-to-be-named CEO, MPI Chairwoman and Maritz Travel Co....
funding snags sink MPI event
Meeting Professionals International canceled its Power of the Partnership event planned for this month because of an inability to get supplier sponsorships...
Pharma Cos. Explore Meeting Trends
How often are corporate planners warned that someone is going to scare the bejesus out of them? Pharmaceutical meeting professionals attending the 2nd...
Meetings
The Big Squeeze
When times get better, normally supply increases. In the hotel market, supply hasn't increased, it has shrunk, says David Scypinski, senior vice president,...
Name the Suite at Lake Lawn Resort
Courtesy of Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan, Wis., comes an opportunity for planners to have their names go down in history. In the resort's Name the Suite...
in case of emergency
Private Jet Services Group has an offer you might find hard to refuse. Its new Airline Contingency Program will provide last-minute worldwide airlift...
City Meetings: A Planner's Guide
Six tips for finding the downtown hotel rates you want...
Classroom Setting Still the Rule for Training
We may be six years into the new millennium, but according to a recent survey, e-learning has yet to push training out of the traditional classroom setting....
scan the marketplace
In this competitive hotel marketplace, the role of convention and visitors bureau has never been more valuable. As availability and supply tighten, planners...
Convention Centers from Coast to Coast
Around the country, new convention centers are opening and under development, expanding meeting planners' options and raising their expectations. On the...
Timeline for a Retreat
When your organization needs to gain perspective on a situation and initiate change, a corporate retreat is the way to go. Unlike corporate meetings that...
The Hotel Branding Game
Suddenly, it seems, everybody wants to be in the hotel business and everyone in the hotel business wants to grab every available customer. Mergers are...
Complimentary Room Nights
Clause: Group will receive one (1) complimentary room night for every 50 paid room nights. Effect: To be fair, the above is actually just a sentence rather...
Incentives
Take 5
Bill Wulff, Founder meetingsradio.com WHAT'S THE BEST BOOK YOU HAVE READ IN THE PAST YEAR? Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, by James Bradley WHAT'S YOUR...
Are Automotive Incentives Running out of Gas?
Pick up the paper any day of the week and you'll find another story about layoffs in the automotive industry: Ford Motor Co. recently laid off of 150...
Tea for Two, or 22
Just as tea rooms are popping up all over the place, the latest trend for groups is tea samplings. Tea sampling is a great way to educate staff and create...
corny gift cards
The gift-card industry is going green with the introduction of a corn-based card that has the appearance and durability of plastic cards. Introduced by...
The Tax Implications of Incentive Travel
Interpreting the U.S. Tax code with respect to any industry can be tough, but the subtleties of the tax code in relation to incentives are downright perplexing....
The Scooter Store's 3 Steps to Success
How can a company that sells the same product at the same price as its competitors differentiate itself? The Scooter Store has found its competitive edge...
Technology
The Role of Technology in Strategic Meeting Management
Technology is the linchpin of a strategic meeting management program. And the Groups and Meetings Committee of the National Business Travel Association...
Milpitas vs. Milwaukee vs. Miami vs.
StarCite clients have a new site comparison tool Meeting Estimator to help them better calculate the cost of their meetings and the cost of meeting in...
MPI education on CD-ROM
Meeting Professionals International has a new technology partner in Toronto-based Content Management Corp., which will deliver the association's professional...
FYI
ARS for 1,000 Turning Technologies, the audience responses technology provider based in Youngstown, Ohio, has upgraded its capacity with the release of...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Meetings (2006)
An unusual number of attendees left the ROI meetings before the end. We need to re-evaluate the topic for next year. Sixty percent of the attendees in...
Sites
Gaming Properties Go for Broke
The 400-room SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, LAS VEGAS is scheduled to open in 2010, and is Shangri-La's third hotel project under development in the United States....
hurricane hot spots
If you're planning a meeting during hurricane season, there's a Web site that can help assess the risk you're taking with a coastal destination. Check...
On Location: Dazzling Debuts on and off the Vegas Strip
Of special interest to planners considering Las Vegas are the spectacular new meeting facilities at two top resorts, one a sumptuous newcomer lording...
Atlantic/Caribbean
What's New In spite of a record hurricane season in 2005, the Caribbean maintained its trend of positive growth, showing a 3.6 percent increase in arrivals...
Incentive Canada
What's New With hotel occupancies and rates in the United States skyrocketing to levels seen pre-September 11, 2001, Canadian destinations thanks to relatively...
South Central States
What's New There's a lot happening in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. St. Louis, Branson, and Kansas City are building, growing, and stretching their...
Last Word
smoke
Find a Smoke-Free Hotel An online directory of hotels that offer smoke-free accommodations launched in January at www.freshstay.com. As of late March,...
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