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NEWS

Maritz and Synygy Team Up to Offer Comprehensive Cash/Noncash Programs
Maritz and Synygy have partnered to develop total compensation solutions for their clients, from cash sales rewards to incentive programs and fulfillment of rewards and recognition programs.

SITE Honors Mary Jeanne Chapman as Member of the Year
SITE Honors Mary Jeanne Chapman, president of Chapman Incentive Adventures, as Member of the Year

ZipSetGo.com Roars Into Online Meeting/Incentive Group Travel Space
ZipSetGo.com offers vetted content about destinations, planning tips, and sample itineraries and themes from past successful meeting and incentive programs, married with social media tools to create a community of informed planning professionals

Poll: Travel Industry to Lose $4 Billion This Holiday Season
Maritz analyst warns that the travel and hospitality sectors aren't aiding themselves by instilling more surcharges, on top of post-recession and swine flu fears discouraging travel.

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STRATEGY

'Tis the Season! Employers Find Many Happy Returns in Volunteerism
Managers at AMC benefit from getting into the giving spirit.

Could Your Company's Woes Be Tied To Gray Skies?
As hard as your company's recession survival strategies are on your employees, it may be more than that. They may have Seasonal Affective Disorder, and you may have workplace legal obligations to them because of it.

Mad About Incentives Meets Science Behind Incentives: Length and Frequency of Incentives
In their fifth collaborative article, Incentive columnists Ley Borlo (Mad About Incentives) and Joshua Klapow (Science Behind Incentives) look at figuring out the right duration and frequency of incentive rewards from a behavioral sciences perspective.

Managing Motivation
Nine leadership strategies to boost employee morale.

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TRAVEL

10 Spa Trends for 2010
Rise of social media, Millennials, and stress are spurring change in tomorrow’s spas.

Maritz: Holiday Travel To Tumble
A Maritz poll finds economic concerns, Swine flu will lead to $4.05 billion loss for the travel industry this holiday season

ZipSetGo.com Roars Into Online Meeting/Incentive Group Travel Space
ZipSetGo.com offers vetted content about destinations, planning tips, and sample itineraries and themes from past successful meeting and incentive programs, married with social media tools to create a community of informed planning professionals

Poll: Travel Industry to Lose $4 Billion This Holiday Season
Maritz analyst warns that the travel and hospitality sectors aren't aiding themselves by instilling more surcharges, on top of post-recession and swine flu fears discouraging travel.

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MERCHANDISE

Promo Products Holiday Sale at Howard Miller
Howard Miller is having a sale on popular holiday gift items in its special markets division

The Sharper Image Relaunches Web Site
The once-giant corporate gift and incentive merchandise retailer attempting comeback as a licensed product brand.

Proving Their 'Net' Worth
Netbooks and wireless peripherals are hot items for today’s constantly mobile incentive winners.

Movado's Watch Fetes 50 Years of Pirouettes
The brand's new "Lincoln Center 50th Anniversary Museum Monogram" watch is limited to 100 pieces.

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GIFT CARD

Gift Cards Becoming More Consumer-Friendly
Study finds that fees, expiration dates on retailer gift cards have become virtually non-existent

American Express and United Way Team Up for Charity Gift Card
American Express has teamed up with the United Way to create the United Way Charity Gift Card, introduced just in time for the gift-giving holiday season

Starbucks Launching Consolidated Loyalty Card Program
The coffee giant streamlines its Card Rewards and Gold Card, allowing members to use one card, and provides customized rewards.

BP Aims to Help Take a Gas Rewards Program National
The gasoline retailer offering cents-per-gallon fuel rewards to consumers in a cross-marketing effort with 500 grocery stores.

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RESOURCES

2009 Travel IQ Survey
Incentive's annual Travel IQ survey showed that the economy had a much bigger impact on incentive travel program cutbacks and cancellations than negative perception issues.

2009 Gift Card IQ Survey
Incentive's annual Gift Card IQ survey showed a divide in that half of those polled said their program budgets are down, yet very large programs continued to expand.

2009 Merchandise IQ Survey
Incentive's annual Merchandise IQ survey showed a decrease in spending in 2008, but it was, all in all, a fairly minor one. That’s hardly surprising given the economy.

2009 Sales IQ Survey
Incentive's annual Sales IQ survey showed resiliency in incentive sales programs despite the infamous AIG effect. Half of all respondents reported that their companies increased per-person budgets versus 2008.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

'Tis the Season! Employers Find Many Happy Returns in Volunteerism
Managers at AMC benefit from getting into the giving spirit.

Maritz: Holiday Travel To Tumble
A Maritz poll finds economic concerns, Swine flu will lead to $4.05 billion loss for the travel industry this holiday season

ZipSetGo.com Roars Into Online Meeting/Incentive Group Travel Space
ZipSetGo.com offers vetted content about destinations, planning tips, and sample itineraries and themes from past successful meeting and incentive programs, married with social media tools to create a community of informed planning professionals

 
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