GAMING VENUES ARE becoming increasingly popular for all kinds of meetings and incentive programs. Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Co., for instance, has begun holding training meetings at gaming properties in Connecticut or Atlantic City...

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AS WE MOVE FORWARD into 2003, experts and editorialists in every industry are trying to predict what the future will hold. But let's face it, the future is a big question mark. We're not going to get the answer until events are upon us...

AS INSURANCE and financial services companies struggle to maintain market share in a highly competitive and economically challenging environment, keeping top producers happy is critical. But it's also increasingly difficult, said planners at the...

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MEETING PLANNERS think about travel safety all the time. As our companies' travel gurus, we have to. But what about our co-workers and producers? They're also on the road a lot, and what they don't know could hurt them. As Detective Kevin Coffey's...

Is your meeting department staff overworked and under-motivated? Lifestyle incentives show employees you care about what matters to them and create a connection with the company — something many employees have lost...

A new service offered by two New Hampshire entrepreneurs takes baggage worries off incentive winners' backs...

IT'S NOT NEWS that 2002 was a challenging year for the insurance and financial services industry. Many of you struggled with shrinking meeting budgets and staff cutbacks. Yet, according to the results of a reader survey conducted in late 2002 by...

As the new year begins, most people develop a list of New Year's resolutions to try to break bad habits. So I thought I would create a list of a few meeting planning-related resolutions that you may want to consider...