For the past eight years, the Incentive Research Foundation has surveyed incentive industry professionals on a regular basis to assess their outlook on incentives in the near term and to identify longer-term trends. The IRF’s Fall Pulse...

Where kids are present, companies must be sensitive to three legal issues: liability, liability, and liability. Some will decide that the most prudent approach to kids is to provide no programs or services for them. If no programs or services are...

Do you know how to navigate fees and restrictions at hotels when you want to bring in your own AV company rather than use the in-house provider?

HGA took home the Supplier of the Year award in the large DMC alliance/consortium category at the 2015 Maritz Collaborative in August. The event drew 660 Maritz representatives and supplier partners to Las Vegas for three days of education, one-o...

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Philip Myers is a highly experienced corporate entertainer who has made his mark in the industry by offering a multitude of customized show options, both as a versatile solo act as well as by fronting his band. He’s seen lots of audiences—and lot...

When planners pay deposits to hotels, meeting and incentive companies, destination management companies, and other meeting suppliers, they expect that their money is being used expressly for their programs. But in fact suppliers are not required...

The members of Four Day Weekend, ready to elevate boring executive speeches You have seen it hundreds of times. An executive you have been working with to deliver the perfect speech walks onto the stage only to panic and stare directly at the ...

The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel; St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort; Laguna Cliffs Marriott & Spa; and the Double Tree Guest Suites of Doheny Beach—resorts that normally compete for groups—are joining together as The Resorts of Dana Point to offer a ...

The process of collecting attendee names, hotels, and flight arrival data and passing that along to your ground transportation provider to schedule pickups seems straightforward. But if you’ve done it even once, you know it rarely is...