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Business Meeting Incentives
- 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 [...] […]
- Incorporating Luxury Spa Treatments into Corporate MeetingsWhether your corporate event lasts for two days or two weeks, there are bound to be certain points where participants begin to get edgy, stress begins to take its toll, or energy and attention begin to wane. Even in the most interesting meetings this can happen, which can lead to lower productivity and decreased satisfaction [...] […]
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When Your Client Wants to Cancel, Part 3
Sometimes meetings have to be canceled, but it should be a last resort. This is the third of a three-part series on ways that event planners can turn a canceled meeting around. We have looked at rescheduling your hurricane-ruined meeting as well as holding a virtual meeting to help your client go through with her plans. However, those two options may... »
When Your Client Wants to Cancel, Part 2
Sometimes meetings have to be canceled, but it should be a last resort. This is the second of a three-part series on ways that event planners can turn a canceled meeting around. In the first of this series, we created a meeting in a fictitious south Florida that had a hurricane come and make a muddle out of the city streets.... »
When Your Client Wants to Cancel, Part 1
Although a company may have a perfectly good reason to cancel a meeting, a good meeting planner can often save the day by helping the client find another way to hold the meeting, thereby recovering some of the expenditure by making it productive. This is the first of a three-part series on how to make a canceled meeting work for... »
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... »