If we don't motivate our dealers to do business with us, we lose." That's the word from Brian Martenis, sales incentives manager at Bayard Sales Corp., where incentive travel has been an important part of the sales strategy for the past 35 years ...

Corporate Meetings & Incentives announces the winners of its 1999 Paragon Awards. We have asked our readers to choose the hotels, resorts, and conference centers that did the best job of handling their meetings and incentive programs in the...

"Eating in great restaurants, shopping, going to North Shore for big waves, and walking Waikiki." That's Mary Charles' short list for the perfect pre- or post-meeting stay on Oahu. The CEO of one of Hawaii's largest destination management...

Holly Hilliard, who organizes software training seminars, recently had an inspiration. Why is it, she wondered, that meeting rooms don't have an SOS device for when something goes wrong? Sure, you can pick up a phone or leave the room to hail...

For the first time, more visitors view Las Vegas as an entertainment destination (50 percent) than as a gaming destination (48 percent), says the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. By 2001, Las Vegas hotels will add 20,000 more rooms and...

TRENDS The next time you're at a company meeting, ask yourself this question: "If our top competitor knew that this meeting was taking place, would they be worried?" If your answer is no, you should walk out of that meeting without any regrets...

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When the Price WaterhouseCoopers & Lybrand merger became official this summer, how did the company celebrate? With a merger beer...

Sign of the Times It might just be a first. In the gift shop at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas, there's an unexpected item. In addition to tissues, gum, toothbrushes, pens, and other easy-to-forget sundries, visitors can pick up an...

Veteran meeting planner Ann J. Boehme has written Planning Successful Meetings & Events. Boehme is founder and president of Meetings and Management Techniques Plus, a meeting planning firm based in Valley Stream, N.Y...