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.
Top 10 Ways to Engage Employees in 2010 Telling your employees thanks for a job well done is still tops when it comes to engaging staff, keeping employee morale high, and leaving workers motivated. For them, feeling appreciated creates a sense of purpose that is necessary for engagement.
Five Ways Leaders Provoke Resistance and Undermine Change Leaders throughout all industries get motivated about change efforts to improve their organizations, but many fail to see that their own actions work against those efforts. Learn the five common things they are doing that mire down their people and how to avoid them.
Atlantis Unveils Individual Incentive Certificates The Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas is now offering group planners customizable individual incentive award certificates that can include accommodations, airport transfers and a wide range of dining and entertainment options.
Loews Miami Beach Completes $50M Renovation, Extends Meetings Offer The Loews Miami Beach hotel last week put the final touches on its $50 million renovation, just in time for this week’s Super Bowl Sunday, and has extended its Flexible Meetings program through the end of the year
Rymax Adds Battery-Assisted Bikes Rymax, the Pine Brook, NJ, merchandise provider, announced an exclusive partnership with eZeebike USA that will bring its electric bicycles—popular elsewhere around the world for their environmental and cost-saving benefits—to the incentive awards market.
Tumi Revives T-Tech Line Luggage manufacturer Tumi is reviving T-Tech, its lower-priced yet sleek-designed line that was very popular during the early years of the last decade.
Sony Launches Green Netbook Sony's Eco-Friendly VAIO W Series Mini PC debuts at the Consumer Electronics Show
Atlantis Unveils Individual Incentive Certificates The Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas is now offering group planners customizable individual incentive award certificates that can include accommodations, airport transfers and a wide range of dining and entertainment options.
Macy’s Is Top Card Purchase Over Holidays, But January Resales Soar An incentive award that the recipient doesn't want is not very motivating, if not outright demotivating. More gift card recipients of all stripes have been turing to card exchanges, which offer an alternative to tossing a card into a drawer or regifting it.
CardTailor Beefs Up Gift Card Personalization Canadian loyalty and stored-value firm Ernex has unveiled a new technology that will allow gift card buyers to easily customize individual award cards.
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.
MPI FInds Cautious Optimism MPI's annual FutureWatch report anticipates a slight improvement for the year ahead.
IRF Survey: 2010 Outlook Improving A preview of results from Incentive Research Foundation's Incentive Industry Trends 2010 survey, conducted in November
2009 Corporate Gift IQ Survey Incentive's annual Corporate Gift IQ survey showed that organizations were much stingier this year, gifting on fewer occasions and offering less gifts on each of those occasions.
Atlantis Unveils Individual Incentive Certificates The Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas is now offering group planners customizable individual incentive award certificates that can include accommodations, airport transfers and a wide range of dining and entertainment options.
Harrah’s Sticks To Its Formula for Successful Meetings The Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's sales team is continually improving its one-stop-shop model for seven properties that makes the meeting planning process easier for planners.
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