MeetingsNet

JUNE 27, 2023

Be prepared for how deposits, billing, rebooking, concessions, and more are being handled by meeting properties today. This excerpt from “ What to Know About Event Sourcing: Part 1 ” is reprinted with permission from the Meetings & Incentives Worldwide blog. Advance deposits are a new and impactful trend.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

I interviewed Heidi about her role and work across various business areas of the DMC, beginning by defining its role, how to host virtual site inspections, how DMCs contribute to destination marketing, sustainability and incentives. But what is an incentive? There are different types of incentives.

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Endless Events

JULY 23, 2018

You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? Ian McEwan.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In this blog, we walk you through a few of the surprise expenses our team has been encountering as we plan and lead incentive trips and meetings around the world. While some destinations are adding taxes, others are providing great incentives to book your event there. This could dramatically affect your room rate budget.

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One10 Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

IRF Trend: Increasing Importance of Incentives to Motivate Today’s Workforce One10 take: We agree, and we’re excited to see 53% of senior leaders consider incentive travel a “need to have” and 48% call it an “essential strategic differentiator.” Good incentive programs pay dividends. That’s been proven over and over.

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BCD Meetings & Events

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Welcome to our roundup of BCD M&E's top-performing blog posts of the year!

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. Event professionals have to come to follow-up meetings after events well-prepared. Start planning.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The meeting experience is often more about how attendees feel rather than what they think. As meeting professionals, our purpose is to transform organizations through live events. One way to generate positive feelings is to design experiences that encourage gratitude. Can you imagine the impact it might have? Build a gratitude wall.

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Achieve Incentives

APRIL 27, 2021

Our Safe Travel Ambassador, Ashley Lawson, is traveling to top incentive destinations this year. As a “Safe Travel Ambassador,” she hopes that by providing essential education and resources—she can equip the meetings industry with the tools needed to usher in the next era of safe, engaging events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Collaborating: Events create an environment where people can learn about your brand and product, meet others and share their experiences. Attendees today are hungry for captivating events and are open to experiencing them in new ways. Meanwhile, marketers and business owners require a good reason to expand their pool of tactics.

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Tourism eSchool

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So leading up to the slow season, publishing blog posts that are centered around experiences they can enjoy in your region during the off-season. Share your blog posts with your social and email communities, and make sure you re-share it during your peak and shoulder season to drive demand before you hit the low season.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Event organizers everywhere are trying to figure out how to price virtual meetings that are converting from a face-to-face format, often with little or no online meeting history to go by and working in a compressed timeframe. The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. •

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JUNE 20, 2023

When you think of hosting your meeting or incentive trip in Dubai, what comes to mind? As meeting planners and event consultants , it’s essential to understand the underlying factors that drive and support the constant innovation in this remarkable destination.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? A lot of people says that incentive is one of the best ways to reward team members. Smart Meetings. We want to help keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest!

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Achieve Incentives

JANUARY 26, 2021

Team Achieve’s site selection specialists have been traveling to meet with our partners in top incentive destinations. Read our blog on the Top 9 Questions to Ask Your Destination Partners. The post Covid-19 Site Inspection Checklist appeared first on Achieve Incentives & Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2022

The more I invest in learning about the destination, the more I’m able to connect with the partners and locals I meet while I am there. Slow Site Pro Tip : I focus my initial research on local blogs, Wikipedia and insights from podcasts such as National Geographic Kids. Nice to meet you. Preparing for Your Slow Site.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events.

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Achieve Incentives

APRIL 27, 2021

Our Safe Travel Ambassador, Ashley Lawson, is traveling to top incentive event destinations this year. As a “Safe Travel Ambassador,” she hopes that by providing essential education and resources—she can equip the meetings industry with the tools needed to usher in the next era of safe, engaging events.

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Achieve Incentives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Planning a corporate event or incentive trip in a major city presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. In this blog, we share some of our top insights to help you orchestrate an event in a metropolitan area while leveraging the benefits a city offers and avoiding costly missteps that can impact your event’s success.

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Achieve Incentives

JUNE 17, 2021

Hosting a travel incentive event comes with a lot of high expectations. As incentive planners, it is now up to us to lead events with two lenses: designing memorable – and often extravagant – experiences AND ensuring safety throughout the entire travel and event journey. The fee is $100.00

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Achieve Incentives

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Our team has been busy getting certified as Pandemic Compliance Advisors , as well as traveling to experience and assess safety protocols in top incentive destinations. To combat these potential challenges and ensure attendees could easily meet the pre-travel testing protocol, we partnered with a company that ships self-collection kits.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

One of the talks that impressed me the most was ‘Participant experience design – how do we create meetings which move people more deeply?’ It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. In 2019 the ITB MICE Forum theme was ‘The Human Factor’.

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Achieve Incentives

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Planning firms have coordinated every event you can imagine, from small groups to city-wide conventions and domestic meetings to international incentive trips. Are you incurring penalties for not meeting your room block? Will they really help? My budget is already stretched, how could I possibly add more?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 10, 2016

With separate teams for weddings, corporate meetings and special events, Just Events will make sure you have the expert for your specialized needs. Florida Coast to Coast is a Global Events Partner with decades of experience in travel, incentive planning and full service events. Florida Coast to Coast. Blush by Brandee Gaar.

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Atlas Travel

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

For most businesses globally, simple meetings are unmanaged spend. While this may sound unalarming, consider this: more than half of all corporate meetings are simple meetings. This gap in meetings management historically has persisted due to a lack of cost-effective solutions. Groupize: Atlas Travel’s Newest Partner.

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Achieve Incentives

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Planning firms have coordinated every event you can imagine, from small groups to city-wide conventions and domestic meetings to international incentive trips. Are you incurring penalties for not meeting your room block? Will they really help? My budget is already stretched, how could I possibly add more?

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Atlas Travel

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For the fourth year , Atlas Travel Meetings & Incentives had the honor of partnering with the Lisa Colagrossi Foundation on its gala event. The gala’s success is a special point of pride for the Meetings & Incentives team. Auction Advancements.

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Tourism eSchool

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So leading up to the slow season, publishing blog posts that are centered around experiences they can enjoy in your region during the off-season. Share your blog posts with your social and email communities, and make sure you re-share it during your peak and shoulder season to drive demand before you hit the low season. Here's an Idea.

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Atlas Travel

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As a provider of recognition products and services, I am always very excited to read the Incentive Research Foundation’s Trends Report. The report also provides actionable suggestions on how to embrace these changes to enhance the design, measurement, and analysis of incentive programs. By Jennifer Murphy. Sincerely, Jennifer Murphy.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JULY 3, 2023

It’s no wonder that this group incentive travel destination is Cvent’s #1 sourced destination in the regions of the Middle East and all of Africa. If you haven’t already, please check out the first blog of this destination series focused more on the overview of Dubai and what makes it tick. Bigger, better, and always evolving.

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Achieve Incentives

MARCH 22, 2021

Are you wondering where to start as you are trying to identify a safe destination for your next event? We’ve got you covered. Whether you are planning an event for this summer or for 2023, there is so much to consider, and it can feel really overwhelming. Mexico is a country that has gone above and beyond with their safety initiatives.

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Atlas Travel

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Amanda Lukowski, Meeting & Event Coordinator learned a lot at Cvent Connect and earned her Advanced Event Management certification. Lisa Nelson, Meeting & Event Manager, participated in the Luxury Meetings Summit where she was able to meet with some of our top incentive hotel partners.

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ADMEI

MAY 19, 2021

ADMEI Blog. Stephanie Harris , President of The Incentive Research Foundation remarked that “as events return post-pandemic, DMCs will play a more vital role than ever , providing critical local insight for planners. Evolution of the DMC: Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency and Understanding.

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Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In today's date, many organizations employ incentive travel programs because these programs motivate the employees and increase their productivity. In fact, according to research by the Incentive Travel Council and Site International Foundation, 96% of employees express travel incentives motivate them.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Incentive programs have become a key component of motivating sales teams inside high-performing companies. Studies have shown that 86% of organizations utilize a form of incentive rewards, recognition programs, or channel incentives to invigorate sales. The channel incentives industry average is 1% of sales.

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Achieve Incentives

JUNE 28, 2023

This blog serves as your roadmap to start planning your next company-wide adventure. Taking the time to think through these questions will help you curate an agenda that meets the retreat’s overarching goals. A corporate retreat is a perfect way to build rapport within your organization while reenergizing your employees. Not to worry.

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Gavel International

APRIL 3, 2023

With the world growing more global in nature, people can see different cultures and different parts of the world through videos, pictures, and blogs. Group incentive travel cultivates experiences that stand a good chance of appealing to everyone in the group, in addition to making these experiences stand out from their other travels.

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