Bankers on a Lavish Trip. Sound Familiar?

As I write this from AIME (the premier conference for Asia-Pacific meeting planners held each year in Melbourne), a major news story on Australian TV is about ANZ, one of the country’s top banks. In the same week it slashed 1,000 jobs and raised interest rates independently from the country’s Reserve Bank, the media got hold of the promotion for the company’s upcoming incentive program and broadcast the details across the country: For the