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Can sustainability itself serve as the reward for incentive travel qualifiers?

Pádraic Gilligan

Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE In a recent session at IMEX Frankfurt, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion with fellow business events professionals Irina Graf (The MICE Blog), Gregory Baur (Zurich Convention Bureau) and Marvin Zemp (Luzern Convention Bureau).

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Travel deeper, not further – a new model for sustainable incentive travel?

Pádraic Gilligan

Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua and Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Turning Adversity into Opportunity Late of Lonely Planet, Oliver Smith found himself out of a job due to the pandemic. appeared first on padraicino.

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Do U.S. incentive planners care enough about sustainability?

Pádraic Gilligan

Padraic Gilligan, Chief Marketing Officer, SITE & SITE Foundation Divided by a common language When I reflect on the content of some recent conferences, webinars and podcasts, I’m reminded of George Bernard Shaw’s much quoted comment about the US and Great Britain being “two countries divided by a common language”.

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2022 Incentive Trends Explained

Smart Meetings

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.” Harris said there is also a lot of short-term demand, which is putting even more pressure on the market. Motivating Programs.

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Channel Partner Incentives and Personal Motivation – The Hidden Link

Motivation Excellence

At Motivation Excellence, we specialize in creating innovative channel partner incentive programs that motivate distributors, dealers, and other partners to excel. We understand the intrinsic link between channel partner incentives and personal motivation.

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Why we need to re-framing and re-positioning incentive travel

Pádraic Gilligan

Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Recently I posted on sustainability and incentive travel concluding that current definitions / understandings of each rendered them as irreconcilable opposites – sustainability was “limiting”, requiring restraint, reduced consumption, thoughtful, conscientious behaviour (..)

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IRF: Incentive Travel ‘Very’ or ‘Extremely’ Motivating for Millennials

Smart Meetings

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.