At last year's Motivation Show, The Government of India Tourist Office came up with a way for attendees to remember India long after they went home: A henna tattoo artist in full costume adorned them with temporary body art. The tattoos last about...
Just 15 minutes from downtown Singapore's high rises is a gem of a resort island, Sentosa. There, a $4.7 billion, 10-year master plan is unfolding to transform the island into a recreation hot spot, with three beaches and dozens of tourist...
HAVING RECENTLY RETURNED from the Insurance Conference Planners Association Summer Educational Forum in New Orleans, I want to share some tricks of the trade that I discussed with planners who book speakers for incentive programs...
It’s not news that spa services now rival golf as a must-have activity for high-end incentive programs and meetings. The question is: Are popular treatments such as massages, facials, and pedicures negotiable? And if not, can you negotiate added...
THIS BEING OUR ANNUAL incentive issue, I've been thinking about what really motivates people in the workplace. Sometimes it's the smallest thing: for me, a word of acknowledgement from my boss, a brief e-mail note from a reader about an article in...
Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, has long been an advocate for the business traveler, shining a spotlight on airlines' monopolistic practices and relentlessly pursuing fairer fares. He says that low-fare carriers are here...
Corporate Meetings & Incentives columnist and recognition guru Bob Nelson has done it again with his latest book, The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook (co-written with Dean Spitzer, PhD, 2003, Workman Publishing, New York). The book is...