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Incentive Show Re-Launches to Boutique Hotel Format for 2007; Group Publisher Jackie Augustine Will Manage the Re-Launch as well as Spearhead New Online Initiative, ManageSmarter.com.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Bill Cooke, President VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French)
VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch)
VNU Virtual Network User
 Expo and Rich O'Connor, President of The VNU Travel and Performance Group announced today that the Incentive Show will be re-launched by the magazine brands in a boutique hotel Boutique hotel is a term originating in North America to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized level accommodation and services / facilities.  format in 2007. Jackie Augustine, group publisher of Incentive, Potentials, Sales & Marketing Management, Training, Presentations and ManageSmarter.com will add the management of the 2007 Incentive Show to her current responsibilities.

Augustine expressed her excitement about this new opportunity "Bringing the 2007 Incentive Show to a smaller venue that will enable intimate face to face meetings between buyers and sellers is a strategy that has worked successfully within our group. Buyers have limited time to attend in person events and we need to create a fresh, exciting venue that will include dynamic speakers, educational components and a new atmosphere in a boutique hotel format." Specific details regarding dates and location will be announced in June 2006.

Augustine is also spearheading a new online initiative, ManageSmarter.com mirrored after the very successful launch of the VNU Travel Group's mimegasite.com This online portal will aggregate the content of all five web sites in the Performance Group in one easy to navigate destination. Replete re·plete  
adj.
1. Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.

2. Filled to satiation; gorged.

3.
 with tools for executives and managers alike, the gateway will become the ultimate online resource for workforce excellence while still retaining the strong online presence of the individual brands: Incentive, Potentials, Sales & Marketing, Training, and Presentations.

Prior to joining VNU, Augustine was Vice President, Group Publisher of the High Technology Group at Primedia responsible for Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. , Stereophile, Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, Audio Visual Interiors, Petersen's PHOTOgraphic, Shutterbug shut·ter·bug  
n. Informal
An enthusiastic amateur photographer.

Noun 1. shutterbug - a photography enthusiast
enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
, eDigitalPhoto, The Home Entertainment Show, Digital Workshops, and eight web sites.

About VNU Business Media

VNU Business Publications is a division of VNU Business Media which maintains a leading position in the business to business arena by providing clients with innovative and actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action.

An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it.
 business intelligence, products, and tools via a wide range of delivery channels and methodologies including business-to-business publications, trade shows, electronic applications, database marketing tools, and media intelligence.
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