Posted on October 29th, 2009 by admin
With the official beta launch of Seasite.com, we are proud to say that our cruise line partners have showered us with a wave of support, great reviews and invaluable feedback regarding our progress. It all started with the unveiling of Seasite at the Motivation Show in Chicago, where nine of our founding cruise line partners [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by admin
Oxford Economics recently released a study commissioned by the US Travel Association. The study was covered in this months issue of Incentive Magazine which highlighted a number of findings. Most significant: A $4-to-$1 ROI rate for Incentive Travel. Thats right…the study found that for every $1 invested on Incentive Travel it represented a ~$4 returns [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by admin
BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN
Posted in the Miami Herald October 12, 2009
When cities around the globe were vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, Joyce Landry and Josephine Kling were rooting for Rio de Janeiro to win the nod from the International Olympic Committee.
Their Miami-based company, Landry & Kling, helped Brazilian leaders propose a plan to [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Brad
A continual trend in the hotel/land-based hospitality industry has been an increase in fees, taxes and surcharges to supplement revenues. Even more alarming: hotels large and small are getting creative in the types of fees they charge and what they charge for. The Wall Street Journal featured a very interesting article on the subject (see [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by admin
Cutting costs without compromising quality or creativity is top of mind with meeting planners these days. With that in mind, the fact remains that meetings and incentives held at sea, verses traditional land-based programs, can reduce costs by 25-40%. But for those unfamiliar with staging events on board cruise ships, the process can be intimidating. [...]
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