The Incentive Research Foundation held its 14th Annual Incentive Invitational over the weekend and, in conjunction, released results of a new study focused on the ways companies in various industries manage and measure the success of their...
Meetings have taken a beating at the hands of U.S. reporters and legislators, and it’s rocking the planners’ world. Here we present a view from the inside. It’s anonymous, because there’s another edict reverberating throughout the financial servi...
The timing couldn’t be better for the release of the new white paper, entitled “Engagement,” from the Site (formerly the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives) International Foundation. With stories of layoffs and demotivated workers making...
EIBTM, the Global Meetings & Incentives Exhibition, awarded its 2008 Meeting and Incentive Industry Awards in early December, when the show convened at Barcelona's Fira Gran Via. A total of 58 events were up for awards in six categories. And...
An opening conversation between a cruise line and a prospective charter client might go this way, according to Elena Rodriguez, director of incentive and charter sales for Princess Cruises. “We'll determine if and where they've cruised in the past...
As if shrinking budgets were not enough, the latest challenge we face is survivor guilt. How do you keep employees motivated when they are worried about the future of their companies — and their own futures...
