Meeting Planning
Sometimes It’s the Little Things
To the outsider, a first glance at inclusive travel planning can seem like the planner has the worst of all worlds. It appears that flexibility has gone by the wayside when looking for inclusive travel. However, inclusive does not necessarily apply to the whole trip. Here are a couple of examples of how smaller inclusive &hellip Continue reading
What Bad Times Can Do For You
Let’s face it, even though meeting planners have had some pretty good years in the last 25, the pressure of the problems broke the economy’s back in 2008 and it all came tumbling down. However, during those great years many sales forces — even the one member of the single-person businesses–sat back and enjoyed the &hellip Continue reading
When You Have Nervous Clients
It’s no secret–everyone’s been burned some time in his or her life. When it happens to a business owner or executive, it can be a big ticket burn–unscrupulous contractors and freelancers are often the source of that burn, and it can cost companies enough money to smash a cat. So when you contact potential clients &hellip Continue reading
The Incentive Planner’s Best Friends
The meeting planner in general is not a solitary entity, even though she may be self-employed. More than some of the other event planners, the incentive planner needs a bevy of business friends to help you plan and plow your way to happy clients. Here are a few of comrades you may not have thought &hellip Continue reading
“But I Only Need a Break!”
Sometimes ideas come to writers when they least expect it. This one floated over on a wave of delicious food smells at a restaurant near a convention center in Colorado. An obviously exhausted woman told her lunch companion, “I don’t want a ride on the cog rail with Rebecca and I don’t want to go &hellip Continue reading
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