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Incentive/IMRA Sales Excellence Awards Winners Announced
Incentive magazine announced the winners of its 15th annual Sales Excellence Awards earlier this week, celebrating the best and most successful independent representative firms in the industry.

U.S. Travel Association Forms Meetings, Incentives, Trade Show Council
The U.S. Travel Association has created a new board member council that will build a proactive meetings and incentives research, communications, government relations and promotion agenda, it announced yesterday.

President Signs Travel Promotion Act
President Barack Obama today signed the Travel Promotion Act into law, creating the public-private Corporation for Travel Promotion tasked with marketing America as a tourism destination around the globe.

Weissmann Reports Launches Destination Information Service for Meeting & Incentive Planners
Weissmann Reports, the leading provider of professional destination information for the travel industry, today announced the launch of a service for meeting, incentive, and event planners.

Green Growth for 2010 Motivation Show
The 2010 Motivation Show, taking place October 12 to 14 at Chicago’s McCormick Place West, is expanding its commitment to sustainability with several new efforts geared to green-up the annual incentive industry trade show.

Obama: 'I Love Vegas'
During Friday's visit to Las Vegas, the president declares support of the destination and travel while clarifying his latest incendiary remark about traveling to the city.

2011's IMEX America Expects 2,000 Hosted Buyers
Hosted buyer program of new incentive travel trade fair already surpassing expectations, says its organizer.

Site Executive Summit: Europe Now Facing Same Incentive Woes
The Site Executive Summit was held in Paris earlier this month, and a major focus was on giving European partners advice U.S. members learned the hard way last year.

After Sale, AEIS Chief Looks Ahead
American Express Incentive Services CEO Darryl Hutson on the impact of yesterday's announcement that majority owner Maritz is buying out minority partner American Express

Maritz Buys Out Gift Card Partner
Maritz Inc. announced today that it has bought out minority partner American Express’ stake in incentive gift card provider American Express Incentive Services.

Online Voting for Incentive's Platinum Partners Awards Now Available
Voting for Incentive's 18th annual Platinum Partners awards program has opened. This year, Incentive has simplified the evaluation process by having it exclusively online.

Site Survey Shows Technology Demand Thwarted by Limited Budgets
According to the newly released Site Index: Focus on Technology report from the Chicago–based Site International Foundation, technology is in high demand and is increasingly being used by members of the incentive/motivational events industry, yet few are satisfied with their resources, and planning for future technology acquisitions is low.

PPAI Accepting Scholarship Applications
PPAI’s Education Foundation to Award $100K in 2010 College Scholarships

TBA Global Sells DMC Division to Kuoni Group
TBA Global sells its U.S. destination management company division to Kuoni Group

TBA Global Sells DMC Division to Kuoni Group
TBA Global sells its U.S. destination management company division to Kuoni Group

Protests Killing Wellness Incentives in the Healthcare Bill
When the Incentive Federation industry group headed to Capitol Hill in October to lobby for inclusion of a wellness incentives clause in the controversial health-care bill, it met with concern cash-based incentives could be used to discriminate against some employees. Now groups like the American Heart Association and AARP are working to kill that clause

Maritz Partners With Cornell Center for Hospitality Research
St. Louis-based motivation firm Maritz has joined the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) as its newest partner. Together, they plan to develop research that will inform best practices in the hospitality industry.

PPAI Expo's Incentive Pavilion: It's All About the Brand—Period
The sophomore "brand." incentive product showcase at the annual Las Vegas promotional products show gains momentum. What does it mean for the Motivation Show?

IMA Brings Promotional Products, Incentives Together
Industry association establishes promotional products strategic industry group and recruits members at PPAI Expo.

Top Industry Leaders Discuss the Future at PCMA Annual Meeting
The PCMA Masters Series at the organization's annual meeting in Dallas on Tuesday offered a lively discussion in which virtually every top industry association leader participated.


EDITOR'S PICKS

Incentive/IMRA Sales Excellence Awards Winners Announced
Incentive magazine announced the winners of its 15th annual Sales Excellence Awards earlier this week, celebrating the best and most successful independent representative firms in the industry.

U.S. Travel Association Forms Meetings, Incentives, Trade Show Council
The U.S. Travel Association has created a new board member council that will build a proactive meetings and incentives research, communications, government relations and promotion agenda, it announced yesterday.

President Signs Travel Promotion Act
President Barack Obama today signed the Travel Promotion Act into law, creating the public-private Corporation for Travel Promotion tasked with marketing America as a tourism destination around the globe.

 
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