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...
MORE CORPORATIONS are finding ways to add extras — from meals to massages — to make individual incentives even more appealing, says Washington, D.C.-based Sharon Waters, director, sales and marketing, Marriott Incentive Awards. Marriott and other...
TRY AS THEY MIGHT, even the most competent meeting planners can't control the weather on the day of their golf event. Nor can they keep executives from canceling a tournament when budgets get tight. And, even with a good group history, they can't...
CHICAGO EXPECTS TO HOST more than 15,000 attendees at this year's Motivation Show, to be held September 28 to 30 at McCormick Place Convention Center. The show is the world's largest exhibition on strategies and tactics for motivation in business...
OUR READERS WHO PLAN INCENTIVES often tell me what a hard time they have when they try to explain to people what they do for a living. Often, they just get a blank stare. Or people say they know someone who has been on “one of those incentive...
