September 1, 2007 CMI
Cover Story
The CMI 25
Introducing the CMI 25, the industry’s first list of the largest and most influential North American full-service meeting and incentive companies focused on the corporate market: a who’s who of the companies with which you do the most business. ...
Keynotes
Meet Pete Erickson, The Man Behind the Motivation Show
Corporate Meetings & Incentives: What are your expectations for this year's show? Erickson: We had more than 13,000 attendees last year, and anticipate...
NBTA 2007 focuses on Meeting-purchasing Best Practices
To get a sense of how big a role meeting professionals are beginning to play in the National Business Travel Association, NBTA COO and Executive Director...
MPI Gets the Message About Senior Planning Education
Attendees at Meeting Professionals Interna-tional's World Education Conference, held July 28 to 31 in Montral, heard about many steps the association...
Bank of America Hits the Fast Lane with NASCAR Sponsorship
Bank of America's sponsorship deal with NASCAR inked for a reported $20 million is not only helping the bank to market itself to potential customers but...
Survey First, Meet Later
Maritz has launched a new attendee survey tool to help companies design effective meetings and to gather information pre- and post-event to show how a...
Virtual Trade Show Tool: Unisfair
Cognos Inc.'s Financial Forum a customer seminar series traveled to only four North American cities this year compared to 11 in 2006. Yet the company's...
Companies are Putting a Higher Priority on Mandating Travel Policies
Corporations are putting a higher priority on mandating employees' use of business travel booking policies, according to BCD Travel's 2007 Annual Client...
Features
Assessing the Impact of Sales Incentive Programs
A Business Perspective by The Incentive Federation...
Incentive Trips for the Younger Generation
David Morrison knows about people in their twenties. When a reporter from The New York Times needs an authority on Generation XY, the author of Marketing...
Breakouts
The Dish: Room Setup Affects F&B
The way a room is set up can influence how much (or how little) your attendees consume. For example, an hors d'oeuvres table that is placed against a...
Understanding Indemnification
Many hotel and convention center contract provisions can be difficult to understand, even for an experienced meeting planner, but the most confusing language...
Checklists: Accommodating Everyone
It's been 17 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Today, everyone is more attuned to accessibility in all areas, including...
The Word: Air Charter
(noun) 1. A phrase that refers to the renting of an entire aircraft Jet Set For most people who have endured the cattle call of scheduled airline service,...
Sites
Spas in the Spotlight
Kellie Carriker spent nearly a decade in group sales before jumping over to her true passion: the spa. Now spa director at the Marriott Marco Island Beach...
Greater Chicago
On April 14 a cheer went up in Chicago as the city was chosen over Los Angeles as the U.S. contender for the 2016 Summer Olympics. It may have helped...
Lush Life
Whether it's a pear-and-sugarcane scrub in Jamaica, a cranberry body treatment on Nantucket, or a coffee scrub in Hawaii, a or spa treatment is a great...
Check In
A New List, A New Look
A few months ago, we embarked on a project like no other. We decided to do what's never been done and try to create a comprehensive list of the 25 top...
PostCon
The Lighter Side of Padraic Gilligan, Site's President-Elect
If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?At home with Rita and the family What (or who) is playing on your MP3 player?Kings of Leon,...
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