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Business Meeting Incentives
- Meeting and Event Budgets in Lean Economic TimesMany believe that the economic meltdown of the late 2000s will forever change business, or at least make businesses more frugal during our lifetime. This is likely to be true for many industries, but some industries such as the travel industry rely heavily on the free-spending big budgets of other companies and organizations. This could [...] […]
- Cruise Meetings Are In StyleThe entire business world has been turned upside down and it is consequently time to look at a lot of old ideas and question them. One misconception that many people have is that cruises are only for personal pleasure. Au contraire mon frère, cruise meetings are certainly in style these days. Consider the following reasons: Employees [...] […]
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Factors to Consider When Shopping For a Cruise Event
Anyone planning on hosting a cruise event should certainly check to see which cruise companies can get the job done at the best price, but there is often more to consider than just the bottom line. In fact, some customers that have not given a lot of thought to the logistics and organizational side of the equation often find that... »
Not Ready For a Cruise? Are You Sure?
One of the most common questions meeting planners and event planners get at some point is: should we book a cruise ship for our next event? A cruise meeting is sort of corporate equivalent of a rite of passage in a way, but it can be surprisingly affordable. Here’s how to tell if a cruise meeting or cruise event might... »
Selecting a Unique Venue
Even though all hotels are not the same, hotels are not necessarily unique. Even though various cities offer various attractions and forms of entertainment, cities are still just cities. When planning group incentive travel, a meeting planner will want to look beyond hotels and cities. There are numerous venues from which meetings planners can choose when organizing group incentive travel.... »
Excellent Cruise Planners Know 3 Things…
The difference between good cruise meetings and excellent cruise meetings is usually the result of proper cruise event/meeting planning. That might sound obvious, but there are three secrets that excellent cruise planners know that separate them from the competition: 1. Work hard and play hard - It is a simple fact that while cruises are about relaxation, meetings are about business... »
Should You Charter a Ship for Your Next Event?
It's a well known fact that cruising for groups and corporate incentives offers exceptional value with savings of up 40 percent over land-based venues such as hotels and convention centers. According to a recent report in Corporate Meetings & Incentives magazine, 34% of their readers had booked a cruise for an incentive event and an surprising 72% said they planned... »
Cruise Ship Meeting Spaces
Cruise ships offer an assortment of venues from which organizations may conduct their meetings. Each of these locations offers organizations the use of complimentary audio visual equipment such as projectors, speaker's podium, wireless microphones, and professional lighting. Organizations that choose meetings at sea can select those locations on the ship that will best accommodate meeting attendees. Cruise ship meeting locations... »
Continuing Education at Sea
Cruise ship bookings are up all across the board, for leisure, as an incentive, and for corporate meetings. A relatively new market for cruise booking is as a host site for continuing education classes, particularly for medical professionals. Attendees earn continuing education credits and enjoy the benefits of a cruise. Norwegian Cruise lines have noticed that many of these groups include... »
Enhance Corporate Events with Group Cruise Deals and Convenient Planning Tools
No matter if you are a corporate business meeting and event planner, a wedding planner or a corporate travel planner, a detailed knowledge of group cruise packages and how they can help you and your clients is essential to successfully incorporating cruise ship venues and destinations into your planning services. It is one thing to have experience with sourcing cruises... »
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... »
Volcano Eruptions: Think About Booking Your Cruise Ship Meeting Today
Meeting planners everywhere were taught a new important lesson this week: Volcano eruptions are not conducive to air travel. Within the hoards of people who are stranded at various global airports today, there are unhappy meeting attendees who were traveling to or from their carefully calculated and planned special meeting events. Further, there are unhappy meeting planners who are frantically searching... »