Keep America Meeting – The current state of corporate meetings, events and incentives

Monumental Meetings appreciates that many corporations are extremely concerned about the appearance of impropriety in scheduling business meetings and incentives, the “AIG Effect”. Our sales team is prepared to help you make your case…to show that your organization’s travel expenditures are reasonable, justifiable and verifiable. Monumental Meetings is ready to offer you a clear-concise corporate meetings, events and incentive policy that you can adopt.

Corporate meetings, events and incentives are smart, cost effective ways to retain and develop employee talent, build engagement, generate ideas and share knowledge that drives business growth. Companies that have received taxpayer dollars need to be responsible, transparent and accountable. We have done the research and are ready to provide you with many insightful and creative avenues to continuing to do your business as usual.

Corporate meetings, events and incentives have been in a state of flux since last September when AIG decided to hold a meeting at a luxury resort after accepting bailout funds and now the “AIG Effect” has affected thousands. It has been said that U.S. companies canceled an estimated $1 billion worth of conferences in the first two months of 2009 and trimmed back on others. Nearly 200,000 travel-related jobs were lost in 2008, and an additional 247,000 will be cut this year, according to the Department of Labor. Over the past six months Monumental Meetings has been in discussions and meetings with industry organizations and has had ongoing communication with a number of corporate accounts, this to determine the best practices to Keep America Meeting.

Corporate meetings, events and incentives are valuable business tools for companies seeking to reward and develop their hardest-working employees.

Contact our management team or sales division and let us help you Keep America Meeting.