With the May opening of the Four Seasons Resort in Langkawi — the first North American chain to be represented there — it looks like Malaysia has broken into the American incentive market. Although the country is home to several four- and five...
I recently led a panel discussion at the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives' International Conference in Toronto, where my fellow industry magazine editors spoke of how bogged down they have become by e-mail. Most of it is from suppliers...
Incentive travel at many U.S. companies is feeling the pinch. Not only are trips shorter and closer to home, but some procurement officers are cutting luxury brands altogether, according to a panel of five hotel executives who spoke at the Society...
During a special luncheon ceremony at the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives' International Conference, held in Toronto last month, the best of the best in incentive planning received the association's coveted Crystal Awards...
The acronym ROI appears regularly in industry articles and is widely used by meeting planners and suppliers — yet there is confusion around the true meaning of the term...
With his highly acclaimed book Living on the Fault Line, author Geoffrey A. Moore turned managers' assumptions about how they should be spending their time upside down. Moore explored the concept of “core” functions — those whose outcomes directly...
With more companies centralizing their meeting management and consolidating expenditures, the focus is primarily on larger meetings — those with more than 100 people and multiple room nights. Day meetings and meetings of fewer than 50 people often...
Planners who source meeting facilities using OnVantage's online database (www.mpoint.com) will now get information about some facilities' readiness for a cardiac emergency, through a new partnership with a provider of cardiac emergency readiness...