Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins.

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One10 Marketing

MAY 23, 2024

Introduction Your sales team moves fast, you need an incentive program that can keep up. Recognizing the dynamic nature of markets and the changing demographics of the workforce, sales organizations must embrace the idea of continuous improvement in their sales incentive programs.

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One10 Marketing

APRIL 19, 2024

Instead of relying on outdated tools like spreadsheets and chalkboard leaderboards, it’s time to embrace high-tech solutions for creating and tracking incentives in real-time. These incentives often include luxurious trips to exotic destinations or exclusive retreats, serving as enticing rewards for top performers.

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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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Bizzaboo

MAY 20, 2024

When teams strategize event sponsor incentives, offering discounts is one of the first ideas they consider. These incentive ideas enable sponsors to captivate audiences, generate buzz, and leave a lasting impression.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With pent-up demand, higher fuel costs, and labor shortages, the meeting cost per attendee is a whopping 25% higher than it was in 2019, according to the 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast , released this month by travel management company CWT and the Global Business Travel Association. INCENTIVE TRAVEL. Hotel Contracting Savings.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Brightspot is honored to be recognized as a top meeting & incentive travel company on the MeetingsNet 2022 CMI 25 list. This top meeting planner list from MeetingsNet is a leading resource for businesses to find experienced event-planning services. It’s a momentous occasion for Brightspot. – Mike May, President.

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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. Planners appreciate the ease and convenience of the professionally trained, dedicated events team and flat-rate billing makes budgeting a breeze.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What is Incentive Travel? Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Now, it’s all about non-monetary incentives, and the predictions for 2020 by the Incentive Revenue Foundation (IRF) support that idea.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 percent increase in internal meetings. percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. The smallest growth (more than 0.7 Experience.

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ITA Group

JUNE 30, 2022

8 Sales Incentive Program Ideas That Work. In fact, about 90% of top-performing organizations use incentive programs to reward their sales associates. Drive engagement and spice up sales incentives with new and fresh ideas beyond the classic “sell X, get Y” promotion. needs to complete X% training to be eligible for awards.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2024

With over 20 years of experience in the industry, and as a local for many years, she will support the tourism board’s multifaceted strategy to drive corporate meetings and event business to hotels and hospitality partners throughout Monterey. She most recently served as incentive group senior director at Opus Agency.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Defining the Types of Incentives. With all the terms regularly referenced when talking incentives, figuring out what to use when and what it’s called can seem daunting. How do you define incentive? An incentive is an award that motivates or drives an individual to do something or behave in a certain way.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The skills and lessons learned by these experts in intelligence can be fascinating—and useful in the nonespionage world—and now many of these specialists from the CIA, FBI, KGB and Mossad are for hire for your next meeting or training session for keynotes, corporate training and team development.

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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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Gavel International

JANUARY 15, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes An effective travel incentive program, one that truly inspires employees to work harder, offers many benefits for employee engagement and performance. What is a travel incentive program? Here are the key attributes of travel incentive programs that inspire employees. Why spend money on these trips?

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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. Emphasis on adults because the media often shares statistics on the total population, but children are not traveling for business meetings and club trips.).

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals rely heavily on the event servicing teams behind the scenes to execute on the best-laid plans for effective meetings. Read More : Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs. What ESPC Proves.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

91 Invaluable Sales Training Resources for 2021. That requires an incredible amount of training. And that sales training is never over. Share this list of sales training resources with your team to keep them razor sharp this coming year. But after adopting four new training methods, they increased new sales by nearly 70%.

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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.

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inVOYAGE

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For organizations looking to deliver the ultimate incentive reward, consider giving top performers the chance to take in these views in a way that few have been fortunate enough to experience: a trip aboard the world's leading luxury rail service, the Rocky Mountaineer. Some even make lifelong friendships.”

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Atlas Travel

APRIL 30, 2020

On behalf of the entire meeting and events team at Atlas, we hope that you are staying healthy and safe! While many of our clients cancelled their meetings, we were relieved to see that the majority postponed them to the fall. By Jenn Murphy. We are certainly facing challenging times in our industry and in the world.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

Make your summer meetings meaningful and memorable with these tips and trends Summer is approaching fast and meeting professionals want to stay up to date on every seasonal trend. With these tips and recommended venues, your summer meeting or event will be memorable, meaningful and even give back to the community.

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ITA Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Incentive Program Ideas for Insurance CSRs. When you think about how much these roles touch, it’s amazing more incentives aren’t targeted towards these people. All these behaviors pose great opportunities for incentives. The best way to build an effective CSR incentive program is to first consider how CSRs are motivated.

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Achieve Incentives

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Without a doubt, you are convinced that travel incentive contest programs hold the key to unlocking your business’s success , and you are eager to dive in. It is undeniable that travel incentive programs supercharge your business – but where to start? Have you contemplated the impact of referral incentives on your business?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Smart Meetings has collected our best CSR stories of 2022 to inspire and encourage continued efforts towards good causes. Corporate sponsorship allows Invisible Cities to provide skill training for their employees, bring tourism to the city and create a team-building experience that will inspire understanding amongst a group.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

She will head the Vienna Convention Bureau , which is responsible for the worldwide acquisition of congresses, corporate conferences and incentives in addition to providing support to meeting planners. Andreas Heckmann Andreas Heckmann, Cvent Cvent appoints Heckmann as chief customer officer.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You’ve just designed an incredible sales incentive program for your employees and partners and managed to get it up and running smoothly. Single Group – Sales Incentive Program Tips. This is a short-term program that overlays your long-term incentive. Training Bonus. Congratulations! Fast Start Bonus. Leader Bonus.

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Endless Events

JULY 23, 2018

I think that Incentive Program Design is definitely changing and it's changing really really early. Incentives are finally in that place where they are bringing people from different cultures and helping one culture to understand the other culture. Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. This is all for you!

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ITA Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Incentives. Incentive Solutions That Drive Behavior Change. Our behavioral science experts design incentive program strategies that emotionally connect your people with customers using data-driven insights, simplifying the participant and admin experience, implementing retention solutions and reinforcing performance. Let's Talk.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Why plan an incentive trip to Zermatt, Switzerland? Attendees can fly into Zurich International Airport (ZRH) or Geneva International Airport (GVA) and board one of the many high-speed trains available directly at each airport. We highly recommend visiting between late February and April for the best incentive travel experience.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Some properties, she says, are offering incentives or higher pay to get the right candidates. It is a marathon, not a sprint, as even those who were previously in the hospitality industry must be trained on new sanitation protocols. “It Ross predicts that by August the number of people meeting will look as if Covid never happened.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kitts and Nevis , remarkable places to host your next meeting, incentive trip or conference. . The railway was once a sugar train and has since been converted into a three-hour tour and attraction. Places to Meet . Kitts and Nevis offer multiple resorts and hotels with ample meeting space and luxurious accommodations.

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ITA Group

MAY 20, 2021

Distributor Incentive Program Ideas & Examples. As we look to the future of distributor incentive programs, we should factor in not only what we know to be best practices, but also adjust and adapt to the ever-changing landscape in which they operate. This means having a full suite of incentives from top to bottom.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 23, 2022

The post HSMAI Academy to hold a revenue & digital training workshop from 14-15 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The two-day revenue and digital hotel training workshop program, specific to hotels and resorts, will be to be held for the first time in Phuket. Technology check for your property.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Meet Chicago Northwest makes it easy to safely get back to meetings and events. Chicago Northwest also features two beautiful big meeting hotels in Itasca. What’s more, attendees can easily venture into downtown Chicago via commuter train. For more information, visit ChicagoNorthwest.com/incentive.

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