Fifty-three percent of corporate meeting planners named Orlando, Fla., as the top destination for future meetings, according to a survey by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown and Russell, an Orlando-based marketing services company. San Diego was the...
Ever wonder why companies throw parties and give gifts to people when they leave, but not when they start? Here are a few ideas for making new hires feel welcome...
SOMETIMES, THE BEST INCENTIVES are the things that employees need, not the things they want. Meridian Health, a leading hospital system in central New Jersey, has created WIN (When In Need), an emergency fund to assist employees during crises...
FOR A SINGLE EVENING in spring 2003, the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., was transformed into “Rancho Chevrolet,” a setting of Old West buildings and cacti against a dramatic mountain backdrop. Since the visitors to Rancho Chevrolet were...
WE ALL KNOW THE TYPE: the manager who advocates treating customers right, then is quick to take shortcuts that undermine the quality of the company's products or services in order to make the numbers. Or the executive who claims that people are...
INCENTIVE TRAVEL has made it into the mainstream press lately, with reports that luxury trips are back in full force as the result of a strengthening economy...
One of the fastest and easiest ways to search geographically is the DMC Quick-Finder at www.dmc-quick-finder.com. Also, the Association of Destination Management Executives, at www.adme.org, lets you search (members only) by name or location.
AS OUR EDITORS greeted guests at our booth the opening afternoon of this year's Motivation Show, a couple of people commented about how packed the aisles were. “You know,” another said, “the aisles were so crowded it took me longer to get to the...
New research of 55 member companies from the Business Travel Coalition, based in Radnor, Pa., has found that 52 percent of respondents plan to increase their incentive budgets in 2005, with the average increase estimated at 8.9 percent. The...
WHEN IT COMES TO recognizing employees, most companies have trouble holding their managers accountable. After all, how can you make someone be nice to their employees? And if you do force them to do something that they don't want to do, won't they...
