Rocky Mountain Connections, a longstanding destination management and special events company with divisions in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, will keep its winning growth strategy, but change its name to RMC as it moves into new destinations and hospitality markets.   Aspen, Colo. (November 8, 2011) — Rocky Mountain Connections, a longstanding destination management and special [...]

In September 2009, my wife, Carol, and I attended the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (Site) Classic Golf Tournament in Fort Worth, TX. During the final night of this great business networking event, there are two fundraising auctions; a silent and live auction. Proceeds from these auctions and also from the event sponsors fund independent [...]

Thank you for visiting www.travelkeynote.com . Over the course of the last several months we have experienced a tremendous increase in visitors to our Blog. As a result, we elected to move our Blog to a server with much larger capacity and bandwidth. During this transition, our site was down for several days.  To all our loyal readers [...]

The travel industry is working to redefine itself as a key player in the American economy by showing how it helps companies improve profits, serves as a source of tax revenue and provides jobs.   Geoff Freeman, U.S. Travel Association senior vice president, said factors that include the recession, a spurt of public anger over [...]

In today’s environment, vying for customer loyalty is no easy feat. Gaining loyalty requires distinguishing ones products from the competition as well as balancing customer wants, needs, and expectations with a focused business model.   One issue is how to distinguish yourself (differentiate) from your competitors …meaning you have to attach a certain value to [...]

For many years, incentives and, in particular, incentive travel have been viewed as highly desirable rewards throughout the worldwide business community. In addition to the satisfaction of winning recognition for outstanding effort, an attendee couldn’t help but be excited and impressed with a trip to Monte Carlo or London. High-level service, a luxury property, plenty [...]

Doing the Right Things and Doing Things Right   February 2009. Southlake, TX. Doing the right things and doing things right…may be a play on words, however, given the uncertainty in today’s rapidly changing marketplace there is little doubt both approaches are needed. What is needed is focus and the right approach to both. There [...]