There is no doubt about who was the most well-received speaker at the 1999 World Education Congress of Meeting Professionals International, held in July at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Convention Center: Christopher Simeone. The 11-year- old walked...
Berlin Reborn Early in this century, Berlin's Potsdamer Platz was among the liveliest squares in Europe. Some 50 years later it was a desolate space between East and West Berlin, destroyed in World War II and watched over by guards. Now Potsdamer...
England: Fit for a Queen The legendary Ritz Hotel feels like a small island of serenity in the heart of London, far from the crowds just beyond its doors. A renovation completed in May restored the splendor of the hotel's original Louis XVI decor...
It's May 10, 1999, and I'm watching 1,200 of the happiest people I've ever seen frolic on a pristine Bermuda beach. All were flown to the island--for the day--by their employer, Jordan's Furniture, based in Avon, Mass...
SITE Selects New Leader Incentive industry veteran Jill Harrington will become the next leader of the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives, beginning in 2000. Harrington, who was most recently managing director-incentives for Maritz Canada...
Incentives on the Rise Down Under Typically, Australian incentive qualifiers are senior executives or sales and marketing colleagues journeying in a group for a five-day stay on the Gold Coast, a resort area in the island continent's east coast...
Catching an early flight to Honolulu that Sunday morning for my wife's incentive trip had some advantages, although when the 5:45 a.m. alarm shattered my peaceful sleep I couldn't think of any. Still, this was the beginning of an adventure...
Niketown Unsurprisingly, Nike swooshed past its competitors with the superstore concept, opening the first Niketown flagship store in Chicago in 1992. The multilevel retail store cum sports palace is divided into different "pavilions," offering...
Just Think "First, employees want to be valued, listened to, and treated fairly. You can't expect much from incentives if these basics aren't in place." ...
For more than 50 years, meeting suppliers have attended conferences sponsored by LIMRA (Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association) International, the premier marketing and research organization in the financial services industry. From the...
