The travel industry stands to lose $4.05 billion as holiday travel is projected to be down for the first year in a decade according to findings from a recent Maritz® Poll. Rick Garlick, Ph.D., director of consulting and strategic implementation, Hospitality Research Group, Maritz Research, was interviewed on CNBC’s Power Lunch discussing how only 23 percent of Americans plan to travel this year, a three percent drop from the average over the past seven years this year.
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Measuring engagement can be challenging. Bob Konsewicz explains how keeping it simple allows for a more focused effort in influencing those factors that create deeper engagement.
Meetings are often classified as face-to-face or virtual, but rarely both. Chris Gaia, vice president of marketing at Maritz Travel, discusses how adding virtual elements to your face-to-face meetings can enhance effectiveness and employee engagement.
In the current economy, when both retailers and credit card issuers have an immediate need to boost sales and increase store traffic with compressed marketing budgets, new technologies, such as RFID, offer little short-term opportunities. Jake Sterling, vice president – payment technologies, Maritz Real Time Rewards, discusses how retailers and card issuers must rely on connecting with their customers using existing and pervasive technologies that leverage consumers existing behavior.
As a corporate event strategy, virtual meeting solutions have moved from the realm of imagination to viable options for improving reach and impact. Real business value can be created by engaging and motivating customers, channel partners and employees through the powerful combination of virtual and face-to-face meetings.
Michael Capaldi, Associate Vice President for Sales Training and Leadership Development at sanofi-aventis U.S. speaks with Dave Caldwell, Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Sector at Maritz, about innovative compensation and incentive programs. Listen to the Podcast.
Mark Syp, group vice president, major cable and telco accounts, Maritz, gives six keys to building a sales team to prevent customer churn, including training and reinforcement, sales coaching and recognition.
Maritz Real Time Rewards brings point-of-sale rewards to retailers in the United States for the first time. The software allows customers to pay with points at the time of their purchase and offers customized promotions based on past purchases.