Upper upscale properties are starting to see increased interest from corporate planners, and expectations are high for 2004...

Managers often spend hours analyzing reports and brainstorming potential solutions to problems. Yet sometimes the answers already exist and are waiting to be tapped simply by asking your employees. The key is to recognize and reward people once...

Keep a lookout for the results of Corporate Meetings & Incentives' annual Incentive Trends Survey, to be published on our Web site, meetingsnet.com, and in our January issue.

AT NATICK, MASS.-based Jordan's Furniture, executives regularly stock up on hundreds of concert tickets for shows in the Boston area. No, they're not scalpers or especially ardent fans. They buy the tickets to reward employees. Over the course of...

I had the good fortune to attend a conference in Banff, Alberta, this year, and was blown away. At the Fairmont Banff Springs, the mountains call to you from every vantage point. Even the resort's conference center, which features a 1,600-seat...

Meeting planners have more than enough to do without trying to become hotel security experts. Even if they learn the right questions to ask hotel reps, they have no way to verify that the information they are given is correct and up-to-date...

The Convention Industry Council, McLean, Va., has unanimously approved the work of the first two of the Accepted Practices Exchange initiatives — Terminology and History/Post Event Reports — a major milestone for the project...

Corbinball.com, the meeting industry resource site created by meeting technology speaker and consultant Corbin Ball, has a new feature: a comprehensive calendar of meeting-industry events and trade shows. The calendar currently lists events...

Knowledge is power when it comes to negotiating for small meetings. Here's what you need to know before sitting down to negotiate room rates for your next event...

WingateWeb, which has made a name for itself among organizers of user group conferences, has brought down the price of its event management software with the release of Conference 3.5. The reduction is an effort to appeal to medical meetings and...