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The Silver Lining

While bad economic news abounds, meeting planners can take heart in a new spirit of cooperation on the part of hotels. As this special report notes, no one is claiming it’s a buyer’s market, but a combination of increased room inventory and bottom-line concerns means better deals and availability are in the offing.

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Features:

Essential Rewards
This second part of our cover story explores the viability of incentive programs in an uncertain economy. The focus is on two companies in especially hard-hit industries, both of which believe rewards are even more important in tough times.

In the Game
Even with a few construction delays and scrapped projects, gaming remains a boom industry, with bold new casino resorts growing ever more luxe. M&C’s editors present detailed reports from Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno/Tahoe, the Mississippi Gulf Coast and other major centers where play’s the thing.

A Day at the Races
For pageantry, elegance, fun and the delicious risk of betting, horse racing is hard to beat. These three classic American race tracks offer all that — and meeting facilities, too.

Art Houses
Not so long ago, the art found hanging on hotel walls had all the cachet of framed wallpaper. Today, however, high-end hoteliers are devoting hefty budgets and discerning taste to outfit their properties with museum-quality works, as this stunning pictorial makes clear.

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

The economy. It’s a topic that can’t be avoided these days. It’s what planners are talking about, it’s what suppliers are talking about, it’s the meat and potatoes of the news business these days. Even a friend of mine, never before known to utter the word convention, sent me an e-mail today recounting a story he’d heard on the news about how the economy is affecting spending on conventions.

The interesting thing is, everyone wants to know what everyone else is saying. Planners ask if hoteliers are reporting slowdowns, and hoteliers want to know what planners are saying about their budgets. In truth, the answer depends on who you ask, an answer that doesn’t seem to satisfy anyone.

That’s why this month we decided to tackle the economy question, but as always here at M&C, from a slightly different angle (see cover story, page 44). Although no one is claiming this is a seller’s market, opportunity does exist for planners who are willing to shop their meetings. What might spell short-term softness for one destination — say, a glut of new rooms — might spell “bargain” for a planner. A city known to be impossible to book a year ago might just find your business newly attractive. For planners, there’s silver in them thar clouds.

Part two of our cover package looks at why, despite uncertain economic times, some companies are choosing to invest in motivating their work forces with travel incentive programs (see “Essential Rewards,” page 52). They believe it’s even more imperative to reward good work in a challenging business climate, which makes sense: It’s an investment in the next boom cycle.

LORI CIOFFI
EDITOR IN CHIEF

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