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...
IN THE PAST, when anyone brought up individual incentive travel, Marriott and Hyatt — the two powerhouses in the industry — immediately came to mind. But as the demand for these rewards increases, so does the number of companies offering them...
A LUXURY CRUISE SHIP is not the first place most people think of staying when they hold tickets for one of the most desirable sporting events on the planet. Yet when Super Bowl XXXIX came to Jacksonville, Fla., in January, dozens of corporations...
After 14 years of attending meetings as a banker, Stephen Kelly got tired of the same old routine. After a long day of meetings, there was never anything to do at night. So, in 2003, he decided to start his own company to change that...