A rule proposed by the Department of Labor would require all financial sales representatives advising clients on individual retirement investments to act as “fiduciaries,” meaning they would be required to put their clients&rsquo...
It’s hard to imagine a better setup for mega meetings and incentive programs than the Marriott Cancun Collection, comprised of the adjoining CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort and the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa. Located on a stunning...
What compels employees, clients, and incentive qualifiers today? It’s not cash or more stuff. It’s access.
The high-performing talent and high-value customers that companies need to attract and retain want to go behind the scenes, make a diffe...
Question: What could be more motivating than being in Northern Tuscany? Answer: Eating in Northern Tuscany. Even better, give your incentive group the unforgettable experience of cooking with the chefs at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort ...
For a group that had enjoyed decades of incredible incentive trips to places like South Africa, the destination management company CSI Washington, DC, had to knock their socks off in the nation’s capital (oh, and the group had done a D...
Meeting and travel planners have a lot of questions about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, and unfortunately some of those questions are unanswerable right now.
For example, despite a dramatic increase in the cases of babies born with microcepha...
In the newly configured and just-released SITE Index, a full 98 percent of respondents said their incentive travel programs are effective. How do they know? Eight out of 10 said, essentially, “I am a believer in incentive travel.”
These respon...
It was the last night of the conference, and I was thrilled when I returned to my room to find a gorgeous glass oil lamp—the organizer’s thank-you for attending. It was a thing of beauty indeed—I had a spot all picked out for it in my living room...
Many planners have groups booked into European destinations in the coming months, and many are likely struggling with the decision of whether to carry on with their programs as planned or to rebook in a destination perceived as safer. The planner...
A new conference, SenseUP!, a Summit on the Power of Sensory Marketing, debuts next spring in the marketing and events arena. Its focus is “sensory marketing”—that is, awakening and using all the senses to meet an organization...
