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Event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022

The MICE Blog

In recent years I’ve developed an interest in art, architecture and design. My interest deepened in large part from working with MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) destinations and venues that focused on these topics. I took the train from Heidelberg and had a very smooth journey. Basel by night.

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New ESPA Event Servicing Certification Debuts

Smart Meetings

“The new ESPC certification for the often-overlooked profession of event servicing is historic on many levels,” said Paola Bowman, CMP, CMM, who serves as president of ESPA and director of client services and events at Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau in Texas. What ESPC Proves.

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Success Story: An Incentive-style Executive Retreat, Sonoma Valley, California

Blue Spark Event Design

The Client’s Objective: Utilize a professional creative event agency to produce an incentive-style executive retreat offering multiple days of leadership training, bonding opportunities, and local and exclusive experiences in the selected destination. Managed all banquet event orders on behalf of the client.

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Inside the Incentive. A Focus on Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Blue Spark Event Design

While travel restrictions may be preventing us from actually visiting our favorite international cities, we’re taking a fond look at some of our favorite incentive destinations. For many in the northeastern US, it’s a half-day’s (or less) drive to the city center, or train ride to Gare central. The post Inside the Incentive.

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Outsourcing Your Corporate Event Might Be the Best Decision You Ever Made.

Blue Spark Event Design

Corporate events are a great tool for incentivizing your sales team, training your employees, connecting with your clients, strategizing with your board members, building bonds between departments, levels, remote workers, etc. If you’ve successfully energized the sales force, how about planning an incentive trip to reward them?

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

A show of unrivaled influence and inspiration, it’s a spirited gathering of all the people, ideas, and trending innovations shaping the catering and events industry. Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2024 Feb. We’ll immerse ourselves in the latest trends, ideas and engagement design. and beyond.

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35 Must Attend Events For Event Planners in 2020

Bizzaboo

A premier B2B event in the Baltic Sea Region for the meetings industry that will accelerate the interest in, and demand for, holding meetings, incentives, and conferences in the area. AIME is the leading trade event for the meetings and events industry in the Asia Pacific region. Event Design Certificate.

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