Motivation Excellence

APRIL 12, 2024

Motivation Excellence offers customized travel experience s and group travel incentives that will elevate everyone’s desire to earn a spot to attend! Travel experiences work extremely well as the reward vehicle for incentive programs. Let Us Lead the Way Incentive group travel is our forte at Motivation Excellence.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 13, 2024

Take a further trip for more reward in spring 2024 With travel continuing to open up and return to natural form after years of Covid, the world is once again an oyster for meeting professionals looking for an international incentive trip or executive retreat that will be memorable and expand geographical and cultural horizons of attendees.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

As that eases, it could not only help increase the ability to bring attendees to conferences from China, but other countries as well as Chinese visitors have been rerouting through neighboring destinations to get to their California events. The post What is Stopping International Attendees from Returning to U.S. Conferences?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Incentive travel is changing, but how? Stephanie Harris, president of Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), tells us exactly that in the Smart Chat Live! webinar, “2022 Incentive Trends Explained.” Read More : Incentive Hyperdrive. The full Incentive Travel Index is available at incentiveindex.com.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 11, 2023

Meaningful rewards are more important than ever for Gen Z and remote workers In the age of Apple, AI, bytes, bits and working from home, incentive travel today is more important than ever. Remote Workforce Driving Demand for Incentives The Incentive Research Foundation underlines that the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Walking tours provide distinct experiential learning that you can’t get any other way As incentive travel continues to be a critical tool for retaining and motivating talent, planners are looking for ways to make excursions more meaningful and memorable. One of the simplest ways to do so is by employing a local organized walking tour.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Boutique hotels in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka Incentive trends are seeing increasing interest in international destinations, experiential opportunities to discover the country and a focus on wellness.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore , stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10 , about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There is both an art and a science to designing and executing effective incentive travel programs that motivate employees. A sneak peek at the Incentive Travel Industry Index being released at IMEX by SITE Foundation, FICP and The IRF showed that the recovery in incentive events is already underway. Lesson No. Their conclusions?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore, stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10, about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2022

Attendee retention rate is one of the most important event KPIs. When event planners measure how many attendees have attended their events before, they are getting insights into attendee loyalty. So, how can event organizers measure and increase attendee retention ? Boost Attendee Retention With Gamification.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2023

Ashley Lawson is a big name in the travel meetings and incentives industry. Ashley currently serves as the Vice President of Business Partnerships at Achieve Incentives & Meetings and is the third generation to work for the 70-year-old family business. Her response: attendee education. Her response: attendee education.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 28, 2022

The Swiss resort Interlaken is a prime destination for congresses, exhibitions, meetings and of course, incentive travel. Incentives are a unique aspect of MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) travel because they can be customised to the tastes of the client and are highly exclusive.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

How to choose the right incentives. It works by accessing the emotions and the motivations of attendees – because, at heart, we like to collect, complete and compete. By using gamification in your events, you can achieve the following results: Increased attendee engagement. Improving the proactivity of attendees.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. To ease the rush of registration, attendees were urged to print badges at home and grab a lanyard in the hall. A Brighter, Faster Mandalay Bay.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How do you keep attendees engaged when the needle is always shifting? Tactics to encourage attendee engagement are wide-ranging, dependent on attendance numbers and often differ case-by-case. If you want to drive a synchronous experience, give attendees a reason why they should tune in live rather than watch on demand,” Gaudini said.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 19, 2024

With more than 300 sunny days a year, LA is inviting to attendees in any season. In fact, you could easily plan an incentive event in LA every year, and never plan the same event twice. Entertainment like nowhere else If you really want to sweeten your incentive package, add a high-profile event to the mix.

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SITE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We’ve been following up with some of the corporations on our panel and received this wonderfully inspiring email from one of them highlight how incentive travel is alive and well … “Just completed the survey and thank you for resending and allowing me to include my input. For now, I think we are 70/30 vaccinated/non.

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Gavel International

APRIL 29, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes Improving employee engagement and making a favorable impression are two of the main reasons why savvy organizations offer travel incentives. A simple yet effective way to weave the culture into incentive travel is to stop and talk to the locals. Are you considering a travel incentive program?

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2020

Because this time around, you’re not just competing with attendees’ phones. Sure, engaging remote attendees is harder than engaging those who are physically present. You want your attendees to be hyped! Are there any changes the attendee should be aware of? Well, that’s exactly what we’re about to tell you!

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2021

In April, Discover The Palm Beaches partnered with the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) to host an in-person event to discuss what factors are driving buyer decisions for incentive travel. Companies looking to reinstate incentive travel also considered the industries of prospective participants in the incentive programs.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2023

How AI and new demographics are changing incentive travel AI can help find relevant data and perhaps even write the first draft of an incentive program outline, but the level of personalization required to really motivate employees by rewarding them with experiences requires a human touch. That is only a sliver of who you are.”

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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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MeetingsNet

JUNE 16, 2023

During its ninth annual Connection meeting held in late May at Atlantis The Palm Dubai, the destination management company network Global DMC Partners heard from several hundred of its members about the challenges they are facing with their meeting and incentive clients.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Maybe a hybrid board travels to one member’s city of residence for a meeting and team building; maybe, with increased numbers of remote workers, meeting attendance drops as the option to attend remotely becomes more available—how do meeting planners then incentivize attendees to show up in person? Is incentive travel out?

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Pádraic Gilligan, chief marketing officer for SITE, will walk attendees through the latest trends in incentive travel and its “awesome, transformational power” at MPI’s EMEC Brighton, 26-28 March.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

An incentive destination for the new generation Any time a hit television show features a distinct destination, meeting professionals get interested and the tourism industry of that location gets a real boost. Meeting professionals are seeing Thailand as the next “most desired” location for incentive trips. Why Thailand for incentives?

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Achieve Incentives

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our VP of Business Partnerships, Ashley Lawson, is spending her year traveling to top incentive destinations. She was recently asked to share her experiences at the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence Global Conference. The post Launch the Incentive Travel Comeback appeared first on Achieve Incentives & Meetings.

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inVOYAGE

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Emma Hardy Operations Director, The Collective by BCD Meetings & Events The face of incentives has changed enormously across the last few years. Whilst luxury trips to far flung destinations are still an enticing reward, many planners are looking for ways incentives can better align to their overall CSR policies.

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BCD Meetings & Events

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The face of incentives has changed enormously across the last few years. Whilst luxury trips to far flung destinations are still an enticing reward, many planners are looking for ways incentives can better align to their overall CSR policies. This article first appeared on Invoyage.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Extraordinary Incentive Experience in St. Thomas immersed meeting professionals in luxury When top incentive meeting professionals gather in the U.S. When IRF asked, the results showed that 71% of programs are going to new destinations which aligns with what attendees are asking for. Don’t just design for the CEO,” she advised.

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Motivation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

An incentive travel program is a vital tool for recognizing your best salespeople and incentivizing your biggest customers. Read on to see where the shift in incentive travel has taken us lately, and where it’s heading down the road. The post A Shift in Incentive Travel appeared first on VIKTOR.

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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?” Here, you’ll discover why outsourcing your next incentive program will set you up for success. We know how time-consuming organizing a large incentive travel program can be. Saves You Time. Ready for the Unexpected.

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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. This time, we focus on how to best structure a group meeting or incentive travel program for this fabulous city. Brightspot is here to help with some of our top recommendations.

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Achieve Incentives

MARCH 6, 2023

In fact, part of the fun is coming up with new, creative ways to celebrate your attendees’ accomplishments and facilitate social revelry. While it is always great to infuse unique elements, why not take it a step further and theme your incentive trip around an already-planned mega-event? Sound like fun?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. To ease the rush of registration, attendees were urged to print badges at home and grab a lanyard in the hall. IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/L1HkdcudyB.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 6, 2024

This approach, when executed with sincerity, enriches the event experience, fosters a positive atmosphere and promotes lasting impacts on attendees’ lifestyles. Simple additions like hydration stations with water and herbal teas can significantly enhance attendees’ well-being.

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