DO BANKS NEED MORE meeting and incentive programs to help jump-start their life insurance sales? A recent study spearheaded by the American Council of Life Insurers suggests that they do...

THERE'S EVOLUTION IN THE AIR for the meeting and corporate travel industries...

Message from the President ...

Attendees at the 14th annual Affordable Meetings national conference, held in December in Washington D.C., learned that a scalpel can be more effective than a machete in reducing meeting expenses...

“Never double down on 10s. If you have two 10s, hold.” This was a bit of the advice given to a group of 300 incentive winners from Volkswagen as they arrived at The Venetian in Las Vegas recently. There, in a hospitality area set up just for them...

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL ...

Value, value, and more value. Destinations were full of news at The Motivation Show, but most international representatives wanted to emphasize the good value that they offer American meeting and incentive planners...

LARGEST, LONGEST, TALLEST, widest. That's how the new $780 million, 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2 is being touted. Scheduled for her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in January 2004, the Cunard Line ship boasts the...

FileMaker Meetings FileMaker Inc., developer of the popular database software, announced in September that it is publishing applications for business-specific tasks — and meetings and recruiting are its first two focus areas. Built on FileMaker...

At The Venetian in Las Vegas, the new Venezia hotel tower opened in June with 1,013 luxury suites. (The original all-suite tower has 3,036 suites.) The Venezia tower also features a pool deck, a wedding chapel, and an exclusive concierge level ...