On the Show Floor

Among the news from this year's Motivation Show in Chicago, September 25 to 27: U.S. companies spent $46 billion on travel and merchandise incentives in 2006, according to the U.S. Incentive Merchandise and Travel Marketplace Study sponsored by the Incentive Federation, an umbrella organization that conducts lobbying and research efforts on behalf of the incentive industry. Of that total, $32.7 billion was spent on merchandise and $13.4 billion on incentive travel.