Fueled by a building wave, Las Vegas is taking off. With the openings of Stratosphere, Monte Carlo, and New York-New York, gamblers, conventioneers, vacationers, incentive winners, and everyone else who rolls into this southern Nevada mecca will...
The October 15 to 17 Motivation Show-which is made up of the 24th Incentive Travel & Meeting Executives Show (IT&ME) and the 63rd National Premium/Incentive Show-takes over McCormick Place North in Chicago again this fall. For information...
Incentive travel programs remain an important business tool even in companies where sales are sluggish and less-traditional incentives (individual incentives, as well as programs for nonsales employees and teams) are on the rise, according to the...
Sure, the Kingsmill Resort in Wil-liamsburg, VA has three championship golf courses plus a nine- hole, par-three course (free for guests); and, yes, it is home to the annual Michelob Championship at Kingsmill (formerly the Anheuser-Busch Classic)...
Tax Hike Hotel room taxes in San Francisco jumped two percent on July 1 bringing it to 14 percent. The new monies will repay a lease revenue bond issued by the city to build a 300,000 square foot addition to the Moscone Convention Center Complex...
Good news for next year's meeting budget: Travel costs are expected to rise only 4.7 percent over this year, according to a recent report from Runzheimer International. The Rochester, WI-based management consulting firm came up with the figure...
You won't be in Barbados for long before a few telling statistics are brought to your attention. From cab drivers to hotel representatives, Barbadian boosters are quick to tell you of this breezy, sun-baked island's impressive 97 percent literacy...
With Hilton Hotels Corp.'s acquisition of Bally Entertainment Corp. nearly a done deal, and the reuniting of Hilton with Hilton International apparently just a matter of time, new Hilton President and CEO Stephen Bollenbach offered some insight...
October 28 to 30, Life Insurance Marketing Research Association (LIMRA) International Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Call (860) 298-3959...