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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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Is There Any Incentive Better Than a Cruise?
Is there any business incentive better than a cruise? There might be a few, but cruise travels as incentives have a lot going for them in general. For example: A incentive cruise is time-effective as well as cost-effective – Because Everyone loves a cruise – Just about everyone the planet loves a cruise, and why shouldn’t they!? A cruise is designed to... »
Cures for Cruise Blues
There is a common phenomenon known unofficially as ‘cruise blues’ that afflicts those who are either on a cruise or those who have recently come back from an incentive cruise. Since business meetings and functions can be performed on a cruise, often with the hope of elevating morale, being aware of solutions to cruise blues is important. Here are a... »
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.... »
Setting an Agenda for Cruise Meetings
Meetings at sea are not all about pleasure, leisure, and recreation. While entertainment and recreational activities should be included as part of a group incentive cruise, the inclusion of seminars and meetings is equally important. Companies and organizations hope to see both intangible and tangible profits from incentive cruises, and participants want to enjoy the “vacation” atmosphere as much as... »
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... »
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... »
Move over Jewel, The Epic is Coming Through!
Norwegian Cruise Lines proudly unveils the sole survivor of the F3 project in June 2010. The 153,000-ton beauty sets sail on June 24, leaving Southampton, England to travel to New York City. Country legend Reba McEntire will christens the brightest star of NCL on July 2. Diners have more choices onboard The Epic. Fourteen restaurants replace the traditional large dining... »
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... »
Full Body Scanners: The New Airport Dilemma
The latest airport security measures being installed in American airports consist of a full body scanner. These scanners show the traveler's body profile as it appears under the clothing. While we can all understand the need for these see-all devices, there are going to be some people who will simply solve this problem through giving up airplanes in favor of... »
Book an Incentive Cruise
Value is what everyone is looking for today. Now more than ever before, customers are asking, "What am I getting for my money?" A lot of them even analyze how many hours they had to work for the money compared to the value of goods they consider purchasing. So as soon as your customer questions you why their company should... »