Inclusive pricing in U.S. dollars and more variety than ever should put cruise ships on your short list of international meeting venues.

I've just returned from the Incentive Research Foundation's Annual Invitational in Palm Springs, Calif., where a huge ballroom-full of some of the biggest names in the business struggled over the future of the incentive industry. You could feel...

Bob Dawson, CITE, founder of The Business Group Inc.; author of The Secret to Incentive Program Success; trustee, Incentive Research Foundation; and creator of the LinkedIn group called Incentive Program ROI Best Practices ...

Create a risk-free international ground transportation plan.

When the staff of the Cartagena Convention & Visitors Bureau says, “Our walled city is open to the world,” they mean it. Most of Cartagena's historic buildings, monuments, and plazas are available for events. These venues range from the garden...

How to make your next international event a green production

The expansion of the Vancouver Convention Centre opened with a splash in April. With stunning views of the city skyline on one side and of Burrard Inlet and the mountains on the other, the $710 million facility establishes an unmistakable sense of...

Despite the economic slowdown, the Orlando skyline is still dotted with construction cranes.

From Croatia to Shanghai, there's a roster of destinations emerging on the meetings, incentives, and conventions scene and pumping millions of dollars into tourism developments and infrastructure improvements designed to make them star players...