January 2011 Blog

Posted by admin on Jan 25th, 2011 | no comments

 We are ready to kick off a great year with brand new opportunities up for grabs for 2011. December was filled fun and laughter and of course business. Congratulations to all Summits for ending December on a strong note with a shorter month. As usual, exciting news for the Summits team…more training, more business, and more incentives.

Montreal:

Montreal continues to keep the fire burning. After a record breaking month in November, December fell not too far back. The Montreal Canadians were able to respectively end off a shorter December with their heads held high. Way to go Montreal! All their hard work and effort has not gone without notice. The team was rewarded with a fine dining Christmas dinner party as well as tickets to the Hockey game. Of course, Canadians do love their hockey, and the night wouldn’t have been the same without complete win against the Boston Bruins. The Montreal team exchanged gifts, won prizes and had a great time. Congratulations to Rob and Draga on winning the raffle for an iPad and the new Xbox 360! As the Montreal team gets back to business, the Ambassadors are excited get more valuable training. Congratulations to Angelique and Bridget who will be making their way to NYC and Sarah who will be visiting the Toronto office as part of the program incentive. Well done! Special congratulations to the all-star closer Geoff on his promotion to COO of Canada. Best of luck in all your future endeavors and looking forward to the collaboration between Toronto and Montreal. Finally to jump start the New Year, Montreal has launched their first major incentive, a trip to Miami, Florida! Good luck to all!

Chicago:

Chris’s hard effort and dedicated work ethic proved him right. Congratulations Chris on your first deal! Experienced closers Megan and Lisa were officially appointed team leaders and now have the ability to mentor and guide new executives. Great job! Congratulations to Jeremy on winning the CHITOWN classic poker tournament and taking home $1,000 cash prize!

New York:

Despite a short month, with a lot of effort and hard work, the NYC team managed to end off with a strong month. We are looking forward to a huge start to the New Year and will be making exciting new staff announcements over the weeks to come. We are looking forward to conducting more staff development programs over this year to help everyone achieve both their financial and career goals. Some notable achievements from December were India’s huge year-end effort and determination to ensure she wasn’t going to finish the year without a sale.  Congrats India! Other big achievements were Adam’s 2 deals over the last 30 days. Great job Adam, continue to focus on your process and let’s keep the momentum going through 2011. A proud moment for all of us, Devin finally stepped into a new dimension closing 2 deals in 1 day on the final day of our year. Finally to jump start the New Year, NYC has launched their first major incentive, a trip to Miami, Florida! Good luck to all!

Los Angeles:

The LA office makes history in December. On December 23^rd, the last working day of the year, the superstar team closed an amazing deal. Great advice from Brian always plays a key factor in making it happen! Also, notable achievements for Russel closing multiple new business deals. Great team work! Let’s kick off the New Year with a record breaking month to follow!

Toronto:

Congratulations to Adam on his big move to Singapore. Best of luck in the Asian Market and looking forward to hearing from all the great success! Congratulations to senior staff and management and great collaboration and team work throughout the month!

San Diego:

Congratulations to Marc and his team of leaders! Despite a shorter month, the San Diego team was able to shine by ending off the New Year with great accomplishments! Looking forward to hearing about all the exciting news from a Rock Star Team!

Training and Development:

“The training and development team is hard at work creating new and stimulating programs for our staff. We are developing cutting-edge training programs that will allow our teams to learn, achieve and grow. Our Ambassadors Training Program was a huge success and we will be rolling it out for the third time next week. We are pleased to announce that dedicated senior staff have showed their interest in the opportunity to be part of the group be submitting their applications. There is always exciting news in the Summits Division! More announcements will come shortly.” Gaby Abergel, Director of the Training and Development Team quotes.

Consumer Confidence Fueled by Positive CEO’s

Posted by admin on Jan 9th, 2011 | no comments

As 2011 kicks into high gear a new positive outlook is spreading like wildfire in the business world.  This new outlook is spurring economic growth and vitality within the battered American financial landscape. A recent study byChief Executive Magazine takes a look at what might be causing this rash of positivity and simply put: CEO confidence is up. This upward tick in positivity is trickling down from the highest seats and spreading all across the board.  This positive outlook is most apparent in recent automobile sales figures, which are generally used as a consumer confidence index, and car sales are up. It appears that The American Economy is past the dark days of 2008. APricewaterhouseCoopers study from the end of 2010 outlined a trend in CEO confidence for future growth. PwC noted that of 1,201 CEOs interviewed, a staggering 48% were very confident of growth within the next 12 months and 88% had some level of confidence for prospective growth within the next year. Furthermore, 94% were confident of growth within the next three years. Given that a majority of our clients are C-suite executives, THG is experiencing first hand this new overall positive sentiment, as our figures for first time clients have dramatically increased.

U.S Consumer Confidence

This exciting news from all over corporate America can make it easy to simply rest on our laurels, but nothing is without challenges.DailyFinance.comoutlined the top ten challenges for CEOs in 2011 and among them were: eking out growth in an uncertain economy, reducing employee flight, acknowledgement of client’s status as the actual boss, competing in a global economy, reputation management, and staying ahead of the competition.The need for growth and relationship development in a ever changing economy was seen within the 2010 Global CEO Study.  For every challenge there is always a solution and it may be as simple as finding new ways to connect with clients. THG has been providing solutions for these exact challenges since 1983. For the past 29 years we have been a global leader in client and employee retention services, brand building, global relationship advancement, and competitive edge building.

“Our global status as a top provider of corporate hospitality has allowed us to observe how THG services have benefited the growth of most Fortune 1000 companies. Few occasions demonstrate the appreciation to clients and key staff as experiencing history unfold around a major sporting event,” says THG CEO Jon Stromberg. This innovative outlook for the American economy has given CEO’s the chance to start on a clean page and build new client relationships for themselves. This being said, where will you stand? Are you going to stick with the same methods that you have used in the past or will you be on the cutting edge, showing your clients they are worth your time and making your company identity synonymous with the prestige of The Masters Tournament or the Dubai World Cup?

Allowing THG to aide in the sculpting of your company reputation will not only give you a competitive edge, but with our 55 global offices and over 350 major events we can also give you a leg up when seeking partnerships abroad.Global-Minded Decision Makers choose THG.

For more information on THG’s sports hospitality offerings, click here.

About THG: THG (http://www.thgsports.com) is a leading provider of corporate hospitality programs during the world’s premier sporting events, including the World Soccer Championships, Masters, Singapore Grand Prix, and the Final Four. As a marcus evans company, all aspects of THG’s services promise a level of client focus and attention second to none.