Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. The post Dubai Made Huge Event Wins in First Half of 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

Incentives are the most exciting part of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibition) business. The return of incentive travel has given clients the opportunity to book these trips with confidence. The past two years haven’t been easy for 42 Incentives and for many other companies in the events business.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 17, 2022

Covid-19 has stuck around longer than anyone expected, but consumers rebounded in 2021 with personal vacations, and 60% of companies resumed incentive trips in 3Q 21. In 2022, 90% of U.S. Even though large-scale virtual conferences are fading away, audience expectations will remain for shorter and faster presentations.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2022

Despite being widely regarded as one of the most beautiful places in the US, meeting profs generally dismiss Alaska when it comes to planning conferences or incentive trips. Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center: offers 400 rooms and suites and over 17,000 sq. of conference space with a central location in downtown.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Balancing enhanced experiences with increasing costs is always a tricky ask, but even more so based on our incentive travel expectations for 2023 and beyond. Budget Surprises For Air The same 30-20-10 “vacation inflation” that impacts meetings is walloping incentive travel budgets too. ” Both predictions came true.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She presented a special session at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference titled, “Event Risk management: 2022 Risk Categories.”. Warwick advises breaking the variables into low, medium and high-risk categories for each decision, such as where to source an incentive program.

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ADMEI

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Winners will be announced at the ADMEI Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA, USA, during the Awards Dinner & Gala on Saturday, 24 February 2024. Diamond Club 2022 The CE Group, a DMC Network Company U.S.

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inVOYAGE

JUNE 9, 2022

The inVOYAGE team have been so impressed by Doha as a location for luxury incentive travel, that it has been selected as the location for the next global luxury incentives showcase in October 2022. This incentive affords a rare opportunity to be a real explorer by visiting one of the world’s last undiscovered gems.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

My interest deepened in large part from working with MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) destinations and venues that focused on these topics. Here are event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022. Art Basel Parcours, entrance to Persona, 2022 exhibit by Manon de Boer, Latifa Laâbissi.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The post MITEC wins World Travel Awards Asia’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. The post MITEC wins World Travel Awards Asia’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre 2023 appeared first on Travel Daily Media.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 13, 2022

Despite this, many European associations are still moving forward with their events, like IACC Europe Knowledge Festival 2022 —which has always been based in Europe—taking place in Amsterdam on Sept. 28-30, 2022. — IMEX (@IMEX_Group) June 23, 2022. Associations That Have Gone Euro. IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/FPsFFwuowO.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The interface even includes what Harvey calls a Domino’s Pizza tracker component so the administrator knows exactly where they are in the flow of ticketing leading up to the conference. A lot of these destinations are popular for incentives so we are being very meeting friendly,” Harvey said. 26 due to a winter storm.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 30, 2023

The post Riyadh prepares to host the 10th Edition of Arab-China Business Conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are preparing to host the 10th Arab-China Business Conference and the 8th Investment Symposium from June 11-12 in Riyadh.

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DCI

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Young, Smart and Local is a three-day conference focused on gathering national leaders in talent growth, attraction and retention to share best practices, data and learnings from their own programs. Here are four key lessons DCI took away from attending and presenting at this year’s conference in Greensboro, North Carolina: 1.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

How much for a fantastic incentive trip to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Europe? Incentive Trip Budget Advice. Based on industry research, a wise budget for an incentive travel program is $5,500 per person. If the incentive group travels farther to Hawaii or Europe, add $1,000 per person for higher airfares.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The pinnacle of the incentive travel industry, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence’s Crystal Awards , recognizes companies that produce remarkable travel experiences. Our goal is to design and deliver exceptional incentive experiences that are not available to the ordinary traveler.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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Gavel International

MARCH 31, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes VERNON HILLS, IL – Today, Gavel International joins organizations across the globe to support the annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID, #GMID2022) held on April 7, 2022. Our clients prefer the flexibility and high level of personalization we bring to every corporate meeting and travel incentive program.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 23, 2022

The post PHA and HSMAI Asia Pacific to hold digital marketing conference on 13 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Phuket Hotels Association (PHA) and HSMAI Asia Pacific have partnered to hold a digital marketing conference, for Hotels & Resorts. The event will be open for networking from 5:00 to 6:30pm.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 15, 2024

According to the latest data, the Czech capital has improved year-on-year not only in terms of the number of meetings and conferences held here, but also in terms of the number of delegates who arrived for these events. In 2023, almost five thousand professional events were held in Prague, attended by almost 700,000 people.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

It’s all included and bestowed with heartfelt service that has helped make Zilara and Ziva the new favorite brands for meeting and incentive planners around the world. Mexico’s Riviera Maya region is home to two brand-new all-inclusive resorts, designed with meetings and incentives in mind and the Caribbean Sea as the backdrop.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 27, 2023

Why bring your incentive trip to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) ? Are you ready to take your incentive trip to the next level of luxury? and British Virgin Islands made our list of Top 20 Incentive Travel Destinations for 2023 after undergoing extensive renovations following hurricane Irma in 2017.

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DCI

JANUARY 6, 2022

With all sorts of quick studies and snazzy headlines coming out as we begin 2022, we want to look past all of that to see what’s really going to be important this year. Here’s our look at 2022 travel trends. Let’s take a look at the long game and underscore some of the 2022 travel trends that have potential to become fixtures.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

After a long day of conferences, meetings and activities, attendees often flock to the hotel bar to grab a drink before retreating to bed for some much needed rest. The hotel offers the option for a full property buyout for executive retreats or incentive trips. In August 2022, the Inn introduced its own custom Etesia Gin.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 26, 2022

The post ITB Asia 2022 sees robust international presence signaling high demand from industry appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The three-day conference and exhibition is co-located with MICE Show Asia and Travel Tech Asia. ITB Asia can count on strong anchor partners in the revival of travel trade.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The post UAE and Saudi Arabia professionals showcase at Fruit Attraction 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The post UAE and Saudi Arabia professionals showcase at Fruit Attraction 2022 appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The idea for a multisensory event came about in 2021 at an Incentive Research Foundation conference when JW Marriott and Jo Malone London were both exhibiting and the fragrance gifting company really drew a crowd to test the base and finished products, said Amanda Cox, director of sales and marketing with JW Marriott Marco Island.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The post AIME partners with CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park to host 2022 event appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. After years of planning and construction, 2022 marks the first year we’ll be opening our doors.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2022

Its infrastructure paves the way for highly successful business events and corporate incentive groups. The city is operating as a vaccinated economy which allows business events of all types, from conferences to trade exhibitions to take place.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The post World Cement Association to host its global conference in Dubai appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The World Cement Association has announced its 5th annual conference and exhibition, which will take place from 25th – 28th September 2022, in person at the Emirates Towers, Dubai, UAE.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Alone, the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry was valued at USD 876.42 billion in 2022, with an expected compound annual growth rate of 7.5% Incentive contests, retreats, and other business events are no different – your impact objectives can be taken into account here, too.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Always keep your circles open,” he says, noting the tendency of attendees to gather in small cliques following presentations and activities during conferences and events. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 12, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 29, 2022

The post Artyzen to launch five projects in Shanghai, China in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Artyzen Hospitality Group (“Artyzen”) will be developing five projects in Shanghai: lifestyle hotels, conference centres, and service apartments, all slated to open by the end of 2022. .

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The post Event tourism market to progress at a CAGR of 4% between 2022-2032 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Trillion in 2032, to surge at CAGR of 4% during forecast period 2022-2032. Educational and scientific: Clinics, conferences, seminars. Private: Parties, socials, weddings.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The post Al Asayl Exhibition 2022 from 8-10 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Expo Centre Sharjah is organising emirate’s first-of-its-kind event dedicated to showcasing horses, camels, and falconry equipment and supplies “Al Asayl Exhibition 2022,”, at Expo Al Dhaid from 8-10 September.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Hassan has been promoted to the role of general manager at JOALI Maldives, formerly serving as its resort manager, a role which he held since March 2022. Hudson previously served as an account executive for the Creative Group, a leading event and incentive agency. He originally joined the resort in 2018 as a front office manager.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 27, 2021

Top 10 Must-Do’s for Post-COVID Channel Incentives and Virtual Lead Gen Events in 2021. With COVID-19 vaccines in sight and the next normal starting to settle in, it’s time to look at what channel incentive programs need to do in 2021 to keep the sales pipeline full. Make a New Start.

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