CORPORATE GOLF EVENTS mix wonderfully with golf professionals. While a poor or mediocre tennis player can't hit balls with John McEnroe for an afternoon, almost any golfer can play a scramble-style tournament with someone of the stature of Tom...
After an eight-month, $6 million reconstruction, the course at Breakers West, 11 miles west of THE BREAKERS hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., has reopened as THE BREAKERS REES JONES COURSE. The new layout adds four acres of new lakes, lengthens the...
$3 million: That was the average annual incentive budget for the insurance and financial services companies that responded to a survey by CMI's sister publication Insurance Conference Planner. That number is up more than $1 million from two years...
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts joined the spa-branding frenzy last year with the introduction of CHI spas, with the first one recently opening in Bangkok. There are plans for 10 more CHI spas in the next few years. The essence of the brand comes...
JUST GRADUATING COLLEGE NOW, the Millennials are the latest generation to join the work force. Who are they, what are their values, and what motivates them...
CONCIERGE SERVICES have moved from hotels to corporate America — as an incentive for employees. PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., for example, has a full-time concierge to help its 800 employees with personal errands such as booking...
Tickets go on sale next month for the 2006 Ryder Cup, to be held September 20-24 at the prestigious Kildare Golf and Country Club, Straffan, County Kildare. Dozens of companies are handling corporate and incentive group travel for the event...
THE YEAR WAS 1974, and Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder topped the music charts. Richard M. Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign. Patricia Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. And “Ten-Cent Beer Night” in Cleveland was...
THE CREATIVE ENERGY was flowing on the floor of The Special Event show, held January 5 to 8 in Miami Beach. What better place to find the trendiest touches for your events? Here's what we discovered as we strolled the show floor...
IF YOU PACKED A ROOM with incentive industry members and asked them about the coming year, you'd be buzzing from their excitement about the business rebound. The year is off to the most optimistic start in recent memory, and here's why...
