NEW RESEARCH from the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org) has found that a mix of nonmonetary and monetary awards is most effective at improving employee morale. For top performers, more than half of the 459 responding human...

When Insurance Agency Marketing Services of Omaha, Neb. decided to return to Las Vegas this October for its second annual incentive program, Paula Kelly knew she wanted to hold the meeting at the new $630 million Wynn Las Vegas. Kelly, vice...

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IMMERSITRON VIRTUAL REALITY UNIT — The unit lets up to 120 participants per hour engage in virtual sports or fantasy battles using green screen technology. Because there are no headsets, guests don't have to worry about mussing up their hair or...

THE PRESS RELEASE came across my desk attached to a perky note from a PR person. “Thought this would be of great interest to your readers!” she enthused. The announcement: “VRRROOOM! MEETING PLANNERS GET REVVED UP OVER [X HOTEL'S] JAGUAR GIVEAWAY...

DID YOU EVER HAVE a great idea for your own business that you just had to pursue? Todd McDonald of ATW Training & Consulting Inc., Urbandale, Iowa, did. Years ago, Todd would talk about his idea all the time: “What if we were to ask employees...

WHEN THE HOME DEPOT celebrated its 20th anniversary, the company wanted nothing less than to knock the socks off the 2,000 store and regional managers. So they decided to hire a big-name performer — and to keep that name a surprise...

WHEN A KILLER TSUNAMI devastated Southeast Asia in December, American Express, which has a large division in Thailand, immediately made a cash donation to the Red Cross. The next week, Ed Gilligan, group president of global corporate services...

THIS YEAR'S Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings & Events, or IMEX, held in May in Frankfurt, was the place to get new ideas for sites and venues for incentive travel programs. Here are our top five...

F FUN: Your goal is to create fun family time, as well as to stimulate the children's understanding of all that the company does for their family. A ACCESS: Access to their parents is important to children of top producers, who travel often, so...