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Dubai Overview for Meetings and Incentive Travel

Brightspot Incentive Events

When you think of hosting your meeting or incentive trip in Dubai, what comes to mind? Is it technological marvels or architectural wonders like the world’s tallest building and a man-made palm-shaped island?

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Balancing Environmental and Social Issues with Meeting Planning

Gavel International

Strategies For Virtual Meetings There is a widely held misconception that virtual meetings are vastly more sustainable than in-person events and that they have little to no carbon footprint. Online meetings create what is known as digital pollution ─ and this form of pollution is harmful in its own right.

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2024 Outlook and To-Do’s for Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Sales Incentives

Brightspot Incentive Events

Not surprisingly, many predictions align, and our list here is split across segments of corporate meetings, incentive travel, channel incentives, and sales contests. But if sustainability increases costs or alters the banquet menu, many companies back off and do what can be done sustainably without additional charges.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

When I came to the States and started manufacturing solar hot water systems—this was long before electric solar electricity was viable—I organized probably the earliest solar energy conferences in the United States back in the late seventies and early eighties. The world of meetings is fascinating because now we see a kind of specialization.

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5 Items Meeting Planners Should Factor into Budgets (Part 1 of 2)

Gavel International

Reading Time: 4 minutes 65% of meeting professionals say meeting spending is increasing. ( 1 ) This increase makes sense since nearly half of employees prefer in-person meetings. ( 61% of meeting and event tech-savvy professionals use at least one form of AI. ( Food waste can make up 20% to 60% of your waste stream. (

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