Never has there been more need for Americans to have playgrounds for escape from life's all-too-harsh realities. Our annual update on the nation's gaming destinations includes commentary on how some of these destinations are faring in the wake of...
The eighth Annual Coyote Classic, the annual golf tournament sponsored by The Meetings Group, publisher of Insurance Conference Planner and five other meeting magazines, hit a high note this year with the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in...
How can anyone predict the effect that the war on terrorism will have on meetings, conventions, and business travel? “It's like trying to gaze into a crystal ball while it's rolling,” was how Laurie Armstrong, spokeswoman for the San Francisco...
My world changed four months before September 11, when we learned my husband had cancer. This news came as much out of the blue as the terrorist attacks, and it altered our personal universe just as the world was altered on a global scale after 9...
Agents at Cedar Rapids, Iowa — based Life Investors Insurance Co. of America are working hard to qualify for a cruise incentive next February. “Considering what's going on in the market right now, we're very happy how excited our agents are,” says...
The question on the tip of every tongue these days is “How's business?” According to Dianne Mayfield, companies are buying the same number of gifts this year — they're just spending less per item...
Ken Juel, manager of sales incentives and recognition programs for Mutual of Omaha in Omaha, Neb., doesn't remember ever worrying about security issues. But senior management recently asked him to consult with an expert to ensure the safety of...
Despite the projection by management that The Motivation Show, which includes the Incentive Travel and Meeting Exposition, held October 9 to 11 in Chicago, would suffer only a 3 to 5 percent cancellation rate by exhibitors, it showed signs of...
Employees will still travel in the aftermath of 9/11, although for many, the incentive to do so is gone. So say two recent surveys, one of human resources managers conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org) and another...
