The Global Balancing Act

GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY may have some incentive planners waiting for the other shoe to drop, but the need to get agents fired up means international destinations are still important. “Obviously we look at the safety issues,” says Lynn Averill, director of travel and conferences for National Life in Montpelier, Vt. “But at the same time I think all planners — and all companies — are faced with holding our incentive programs in destinations that are going to make our producers want to sell