by Steve Damerow | Dec 23, 2015 | Corporate Events, Corporate Travel, Event Planner, Event Planning, Incentive Travel, Incentive Trip, Travel Incentives
This is a throwback story of a time my whole incentive travel team as well as the hotel banquet staff worked so in sync together it was almost too smooth. Picture it – Early December on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, right in front of the Nao’s... 
by Steve Damerow | Dec 17, 2015 | Corporate Travel, Event Planner, Event Planning, Incentive Travel, Incentive Trip, Travel Incentives
Hotel Contract Strategies Everything is negotiable. Not only are room rates and food beverage costs negotiable, but other items that may not be obvious are on the table, as well, including phone/Internet access charges, fax send/receipt feeds, overnight mail... 
by Steve Damerow | Dec 15, 2015 | Corporate Events, Corporate Travel, Event Planner, Event Planning, Incentive Travel, Incentive Trip
One of the major challenges of corporate events and group travel is contract negotiation. With large groups come large responsibilities. Hotels and resorts want to secure their profits and liabilities with contracts. If you host a group travel event yearly, you might... 
by Steve Damerow | Nov 19, 2015 | All Inclusive, Corporate Travel, Event Planner, Event Planning, Group Travel Packages, Incentive Travel, Incentive Trip
When hurricane Odile smashed into Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula back in 2014, it left some of Cabo San Lucas’s luxury hotels with extensive property damage. About a year later, we are now happy to say that Los Cabos is bouncing back from the devastation,... 
by Steve Damerow | Nov 3, 2015 | All Inclusive, Corporate Travel, Cruises, Group Travel Packages
Incentive travel is becoming buoyant again, and it’s going in the direction of cruise lines. Many people are taking advantage of the all-inclusive feel of cruise ships. With food being included and now unlimited drink packages being made more widely available, who... 
by Luke Kreitner | Sep 2, 2015 | Corporate Events, Corporate Travel, Event Planner, Event Planning, Incentive Travel, Uncategorized
As a company events coordinator, you may feel the need to prove you can plan and manage corporate events by yourself or with a small staff. How gratifying would it be to arrange a company conference in a beautiful and exotic location, then see everyone’s...
