inVOYAGE

APRIL 24, 2024

Looking to host an incentive in Mykonos? We catch up with some of the world’s leading events agencies to see just what goes into the making of a top incentive in Mykonos and what you simply can’t miss when visiting the island… Karin, CEO, nice:-) team-nice.de inVOYAGE: And what about hotels?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S. Everyone has help along the way.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

May is president and owner of Bright Spot Incentives & Events, and one of the guests on the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Meet the Secret Weapon in the Quest to Return to F2F.”. Yet managing differing levels of comfort among attendees, not a straightforward topic to broach, is also on many planners’ minds these days.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

We know how hard it can be to find great events to attend, so we’ve made it easier for you. Besides access to great networking opportunities and innovative content, the following 60+ events will also provide attendees with great speaker lineups and the chance to travel to amazing locations! Apply to have your event featured !

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Smart Meetings

JULY 13, 2022

What Countries Are Doing About Covid. Currently, 32 destinations in Europe have eliminated travel restrictions, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Greece. For the first time, PCMA “Convention EMEA” will take place at Meeting Destination Vienna—named the world’s greenest and most livable city —Sept.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What is Incentive Travel? Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. It is effectively a travel perk used to incentivize or motivate employees or partners. How do incentive travel programs work?

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2019

Have you ever asked (or answered) the question, “Should we outsource our corporate incentive travel program?” If so, then you know that organizing an event of any size requires more than just choosing a destination and motivating participants to hit their goals. A Better Destination. Saves You Time.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 15, 2024

Brightspot aligned with the Incentive Research Foundation think tank this year and sponsored The IRF 2024 Trends Report [add link when published]. Not surprisingly, many predictions align, and our list here is split across segments of corporate meetings, incentive travel, channel incentives, and sales contests.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2022

In the world of destination events, we often conduct whirlwind site inspections to scope out a new city or country, inspect our top hotel candidates, and experience every possible component of our future event there. Sites are typically fly-in, fly-out and, if we are lucky, we squeeze two or three nights in to accomplish oh-so-much.

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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.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 2, 2023

The post Destination weddings back on track: Egle appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Travel Daily connected with René D. Egle, Area General Manager, Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah & Shangri-La Al Husn, Muscat to find out more about the popular family, weddings and honeymoon resorts.

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Motivation Excellence

APRIL 5, 2020

When measuring the effectiveness of their incentive travel program, many company leaders struggle with how to prove they have recouped their investment. Measuring Incentive Travel ROI to Drive Engagement. Sales leaders can use this information to understand if the incentives are actually motivating their teams.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 28, 2019

We’re all familiar with the holiday bonuses, but sometimes those bonuses do not achieve the expected results. Monetary incentives do not catalyze collaboration where people are working together toward a common goal. Incentive travel is essentially a trip paid for and organized by a company.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Smart Meetings loves recognizing talented hospitality professionals who will help the industry evolve as we get back to meeting, so when we heard that Destinations International had announced their 2021 30 Under 30 class from convention and visitors bureaus and tourism boards around the world, we wanted to get to know them better.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

Events, hotels, business travel and tourism are back in action, and industry leaders are creating ways to invest in fresh faces searching for their place in the professional world of hospitality and global tourism. Read More : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It. Offering positions in both its U.K.

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Traveler's Q

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the recommended timelines for different events and how to send them. We also will provide tips on how to maximize the chances of your guests showing up. This gives guests enough time to clear their schedules and make travel arrangements if necessary.

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Achieve Incentives

JUNE 7, 2022

With a passion for travel and experiencing other cultures, they took the $65 saved in Marge’s bank account and opened their travel agency (then known as The Travelmart). They started shop in the reception area of a local attorney’s office, with just a single second-hand desk, chair, and a telephone to start taking travel requests.

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Creative Group Inc

AUGUST 17, 2023

Launching an incentive program with a purpose is EXCITING for both stakeholders and audiences. Incentive programs tied directly to your company culture are far too important for just an email announcement. What’s more, live events are a great opportunity to build excitement and momentum, and get people inspired.

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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. The destination itself becomes a crucial factor that can either elevate or complicate your event planning efforts. Do: Research traffic patterns and how they impact timing and travel.

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Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

APRIL 25, 2022

Incentive travel rewards are the best ways to show your leadership team that you appreciate their hard work and dedication to your company's success. Here are a few tips to help you successfully sell incentive travel to your leadership. What is incentive travel? Who travels on incentive trips?

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. Full destination spotlight video. As we know today, modern luxury has evolved. We also do local activities.

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Solimar International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It’s in the best interest of destination management organizations (DMOs) to frequently engage in tourism planning , and to consistently navigate changing trends and adjust to new demographics. As we prepare for the changes to come in 2024, let’s take a look at how Gen Z travel trends are shaking up the tourism industry.

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One10 Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Incentives are an increasingly critical business strategy to help organizations attract, retain, and build culture across in-office and remote workers, as well as strengthen channel partnerships. Incentive programs must do double-duty as a solution for both retention and attraction, and that goes far beyond gifts.

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Solimar International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Destinations often struggle with adapting to the dynamic mindset of tourists, however. There are a number of techniques to mitigate seasonality in strategic destination planning, but what exactly are these? How can we tell tourists that there is no such thing as the ‘best season’? Tourism is not static.

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inVOYAGE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Head behind the scenes of our host hotel at inVOYAGE Oman and find out just what goes into the making of Kempinski’s excquisite Omani Hotel as we catch up with Adil Aitlahri, Director of Sales at the Kempinski Hotel Muscat. So, what is it that sets Kempinski Muscat apart when it comes to incentives and high-end corporate groups?

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inVOYAGE

MAY 5, 2022

We've been canvassing opinions and investigating the options on your behalf by asking some of the experts within our community to share their views and insights around what trends they are seeing concerning emerging destinations of choice for Incentive Buyers. What do you think are the driving factors behind these choices?

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Business Traveler USA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

At Tianguis 2021 last month, the gathering conference for leaders of Mexico’s robust tourism industries offered a window into what to watch and where to go in Mexico as the world emerges from Covid. Rodrigo Esponda, managing director for the Los Cabos Tourism Board.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

“Vacation inflation” is ratcheting up airfares and hotel costs for leisure travel, business travel, and corporate events. The most significant savings opportunity is at the very beginning – picking the hotel and destination. Hot spots are top-of-mind but be warned they are jammed-packed with revenge travelers.

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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? Before you get started on selecting a destination, you’ll want to make sure it can safely host your attendees. First things first, confirm where all of your attendees will be traveling from. We’ve got you covered.

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inVOYAGE

JULY 7, 2022

Based in Cape Town, the Concepts Collection incorporates both event and full destination management and are renowned for creating distinctive luxury experiences across Southern Africa. We had a chat with him to find out his thoughts on the role of community in the luxury travel industry.

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One10 Marketing

MARCH 10, 2021

The IRF 2021 Trends Report is out and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Just like we binge watch our favorite show, our team of One10 Xperts poured through the IRF report details. Here’s the One10 take on 2021 trends and what we’re doing to meet client needs in 2021 and beyond: IRF Trend: Increase in Individual Rewards.

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Blue Spark Event Design

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Are you ready to start selecting destinations for incentive trips in 2023 or 2024? Since companies started traveling again, incentive locations have been harder and harder to find in short booking windows. ” Destination 1: George Town, Grand Cayman. Why We Love It. Destination 2: Jackson Hole, WY.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2020

Data shows that the most common spending level for an anniversary incentive is between $50 and $100— less than one percent of the cost of replacing the employee. When done right, they do much more than celebrating a person’s loyalty. What makes a work milestone celebration effective? Why are work anniversaries important?

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inVOYAGE

JULY 21, 2022

Inside incentives - what’s changed in 20 years? Travel's been my passion for as long as I can remember. Since becoming a Director a few years back, I've often been asked about incentive travel trends - ‘What's new? What's the next big thing? What's the next big thing?

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CSI DMC

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

by Allan Schweyer, Incentive Research Foundation, Adam Presslee, PhD, University of Waterloo, and Yashar Atefi, PhD, University of Denver Article originally shared by Incentive Research Foundation Key Takeaways: Our survey results are consistent with past studies that show travel rewards, gift cards, and cash are the most coveted.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Adobe Stock Photo) Christine “Shimo” Shimasaki, CDME, CMP Last year, when the Louisville Tourism and their Client Advisory Council (CAC) met to discuss what industry challenges they wanted to address from both a planner and supplier perspective, registration forecasting rose to the top. What percent are exhibitors?

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inVOYAGE

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And that’s where travel logistics companies can really help take off some of the load. With over 20 years of experience, All About Flights is a highly regarded UK-owned company specialising in air travel logistics and providing tailored solutions for every scenario. What is their deviation policy? Your event is our event!

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