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- Seasite.com Launches Version 2.0Business Planners Can Now Search Cruise Choices and Submit One Request to Five Cruise Lines Simultaneously Seasite.com, the first online portal for cruise meetings and events, launched version 2.0 that provides business and event planners direct access to major cruise lines. With the new electronic Request For Proposal (eRFP) feature, planners can send cus […]
- Not Enough Hours in the Day?What Meeting Planner hasn’t wished for just a couple more hours in the day to get more work done? With all the details and planning involved in orchestrating a successful corporate event, its no wonder sleep falls to the bottom of the totem pole in so many cases. The thinking is always, “I’ll get some rest after […]
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The Return of Incentive Travel
During the economic downturn, incentive travel experienced a bit of a hiatus. As companies and organizations feared appearing “frivolous,” many shunned the idea of cruise events or other types of corporate travel and meeting planning. At the present time, companies are once again venturing into the group incentive travel realm. Meeting planning is rebounding and quickly becoming a topic of... »
Increase Event Attendance – Offer Something Special
Are you continually looking for ideas to build up meeting attendance? Are attractive corporate travel destinations sometimes just not enough to create the excitement and enthusiasm vital to generate the required results? Despite the fact that opting for destinations in Mexico, South America, The Caribbean, The Bahamas or other thrilling locations are frequently adequate to have attendees tripping over themselves... »
Honeymoon Destinations
Finding the idea place for a corporate meeting and event client is very much like trying to find the perfect travel plan for a honeymoon. You may have a theme you need to stick to, you’ll probably have to look for the best bang for the buck, and you may not have as much time as you like to do... »
Aruba, a Solution for Corporate Travel Needs
The scenario: You are trying to find an English-speaking tropical, offshore paradise for a corporation. They need high class accommodations and service, but it also needs to be close to the United States--they don’t want to pay a lot for travel. Sound like a tall order? It is, but you won’t have to look far through an alphabetical listing of countries... »
Just When You Thought You Knew Enough to Survive…
It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you are on in the bailout issue: the fact is it will impact your life in one way or another. Just when you, as a meeting planner, though you understood most of what you needed to know to plan corporate travel, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner changed the playing field right under your... »
Cost-Effective Cruises
The recession and the economy’s slow-moving recovery has caused many companies to cut back on spending, particularly when it comes to corporate travel and meeting planning expenditures. With the new emphasis that has been placed on lowering costs without losing quality, meeting planners are put in a position to find the most effective ways to manage this precarious balance and... »