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Business Meeting Incentives
- Baton Rouge – The Attraction is the ExperienceBaton Rouge, Louisiana is a meeting destination where the draw is the experience. Offering many venues that can support a meeting of any size, with breathtaking views of Baton Rouge as your backdrop, your group will be enchanted with the variety of great activities that range from sightseeing and the musical sounds of the local [...] […]
- Tapping into the SMERF MarketThe first step in tapping into the SMERF market would – of course – be understanding exactly what the SMERF market is. This particular travel, meeting and event market consists of social, military, education, religious and fraternal organizations, hence the SMERF acronym. This growing market of potential clients is the bread and butter of some [...] […]
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Increasing the Value of Meetings
You have probably already read about how companies now want more value than ever before from their conference plans. While this can make more work on your part, there are some things you can do to work out the kinks long before they happen. Think Replacement If you need to help the company save some serious bucks, replace these meeting parts: • Replace... »
How New Government Guidelines Can Increase Your Value
As an event planner, you are always looking for ways to add value to your “products.” The recent guidelines the government has issued to the companies receiving bailout money can help you be a better planner. Here are two of the requirements and how you can use them to make your companies look golden even if they are planning incentive... »
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... »