September 1, 2008
In Every Issue
Two Days of Risk Management
I always knew that meetings management was a tough job, but it really hit home during the recent National Business Travel Association meeting, held in...
SITE’s Brenda Anderson doesn’t miss a thing—she’s psychic!
If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada What's playing on your iPod?I love music and have...
Features
Corporate Meetings & Incentives Presents The CMI 25
Our second annual list of the top 25 meeting and incentive companies focused on the corporate market ...
High-Octane Incentives Nine high-energy ideas for wowing your thrill-seeking incentive winners
8 Hours, 10 Supercars, Pure Bliss www.supercarlife.com Here I am, coming off the carousel onto the main straight as I quickly squeeze the paddle shifters...
Keynotes
CMI at the Motivation Show
Join Corporate Meetings & Incentives at this year's Motivation Show, to be held September 23 to 25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. On Tuesday, September...
Battle of the Buyers
In a recent study by the Incentive Research Foundation, more than half the respondents (52 percent) reported that procurement professionals are actively...
Buyer's Market in Sight
Early in July, the hospitality industry was rocked by Marriott International's announcement that second-quarter profits fell by 24 percent and that revenue...
Finding a Way to Give Back
When Harith Wickrema's pharmaceutical client asked him to plan an incentive trip to Rio de Janeiro that would also give back to the local community, he...
Breakouts
Incentives and the Tax Man
Most incentive prizes are taxable as ordinary income to the recipient regardless of whether the award is in the form of cash, gift certificates, merchandise,...
From Game Shows to Smart Pens
I'd like to ask the audience, Regis. Audience-response systems have been around for more than 20 years. (If you don't know what an ARS is, flip to that...
Don't Mess With the Law
A well-drafted contract can allocate most risk and responsibility between planners and venues, but one area that generally can't be negotiated is the...
Grow Your Tournament with Peripheral Events
Many times, corporate golf events have a limited field of prospective players. What I'm going to share with you are ways not only to increase overall...
Sites
On Location: Pampering in Scotland: The Spa Scene
Golf, whiskey, haggis, poet Robert Burns, designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the windswept moors these are the images I had of Scotland before visiting...
Chicago
Let's face it For groups planning a national meeting, airport hassles deter attendance. The expense, the crowds, surly security guards, long lines, and...
Articles
Chester Elton on Motivation
Let's face it: If CHESTER ELTON and Adrian Gostick named their fifth book The Stick Principle, it wouldn't be nearly as tasty and appealing. Instead,...
Jet Charter Made Easy
Upstart company Virgin Charter rolled out the first-ever global distribution system for booking air charters at the National Business Travel Association...
Playing on the International Scene
American Express Business Travel and BCD Meetings & Incentives are two companies among the CMI 25 that plan the most international meetings and incentives....
What Glass Ceiling?
Many more women are holding key executive positions in this industry than they were five to ten years ago, says Maritz Travel's Christine Duffy. As president...
George P. Johnson's Long Road to Success
The longer a company is in business, the greater the need for reinvention. Not many companies in the meetings space understand this better than the George...
MotivAction: How to Thrive in Tough Times
In a stubborn global economy, how does a meeting management company grow? We asked Minneapolis-based MotivAction, the company on the CMI 25 list with...
Budapest, Vienna, Prague: The Golden Triangle
A real prize for incentive winners is a trip through Europe's so-called Golden Triangle: the three cities of Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; and Prague,...
Grand Cayman and Jamaica: Caribbean Luxe
Two Caribbean Ritz-Carlton resorts are teaming up to bring incentive or high-end meeting groups a unique double-island adventure. Groups can experience...
Halifax: Maritime Heritage
Canada's easternmost city crams a lot into its relatively small package. This city of about 350,000 historically has played two major roles: as a gateway...
Up-and-Coming on the Incentive Scene
The Yukon Take a 2.5-hour flight from Vancouver and land in the historic town of Whitehorse, on the Yukon River, in the midst of stunning mountain scenery....
Amsterdam: Truly Charmed
During a four-day trip, I explored the streets and canals, the shops and museums, the cafes and nightspots of the Venice of the North. I had the good...
Island Oasis
Atlantis, The Palm will be the first resort to open its doors on The Palm Jumeirah, the smallest of three man-made Palm islands on the coastal area of...
London & Paris: A Tale of Two Cities
I recently crossed the pond (and then the Channel) to explore two cities and stay at two grand European hotels: InterContinental Paris Le Grand and InterContinental...
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Creating Green-Meetings Standards
An industrywide effort to produce achievable, voluntary standards for greener meetings and events is under way. The Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX), an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and ASTM International Standards to create baseline guidelines that both meeting managers and the hospitality community can embrace. Join us for a free webinar.
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What Meeting Planners Need to Know to Manage E-Meetings
Virtual meetings save time and money, get a thumbs-up from the “green” crowd, and offer new ways for companies and organizations to communicate, market, and sell. It’s time for meeting managers to start booking and managing them.
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CVB Supplement 2008
The Changing Face of CVBs
Featuring:*Changing Face of CVB's
*CVB's Go Green
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